There are two main parts of a sentence: the subject and the predicate. The main word in the predicate is the verb. There are four types of verbs: action verbs, linking verbs, main verbs, and helping verbs. Action verbs tell what the subject does physically or mentally, while linking verbs tell what the subject is or is like.

2. Which are the two parts of a
sentence?
subject predicate
Which is the main word of a
predicate?
verb

3. There are 4 types of verbs:
action verbs linking verbs
what a subject tells what the
does subject is or is
like
main verbs helping verbs
names the action helps tell the time
of the action

4. Action verbs can tell about
actions that are physical
(walk, carry) or mental
(forget, understand).
Forms of the verbs to be
(am, is, are, was, were) are
often used as linking verbs.

5. These verbs can be linking verbs:
become, seem, appear, feel, taste, s
mell, and look. (I feel hungry. The
pie smells delicious.)
However some of them can also be
used as action verbs (Feel this
fabric. The dog smells many
scents.)

6. 1. The girl feels nervous.
Answer: feels, linking verb
2. Today is her wedding day.
Answer: is, linking verb

7. 3. She sits in a fancy chair.
Answer: sits, action verb
4. Footmen carry the chair on their
shoulders.
Answer: carry, action verb
5. The girl is only sixteen.
Answer: is, linking verb

8. 6. Her parents arranged the
marriage.
Answer: arranged, action verb
7. She sees her husband for the
first time.
Answer: sees, action verb

9. 8. He looks handsome and kind.
Answer: looks, linking verb
9. She appears happy and content.
Answer: appears, linking verb
10. Some Chinese customs seem
unusual to us.
Answer: seem, linking verb

10. 11. Animals symbolize different
things.
Answer: symbolize, action verb
12. A coyote is resourceful and
cunning.
Answer: is, linking verb

11. 13. An eagle seems fiercely proud
and free.
Answer: seems, linking verb
14. The lion rules its territory with
dignity.
Answer: rules, action verb

12. 15. A lion appears kinglike to
people.
Answer: appears, linking verb