Verb: A verb shows the action of the subject.

Example: The dog ran down the road.

When two or more verbs are used it is called a verb phrase. The verb at the end of the verb phrase is called the principal or action verb. The others are called the helping verb.

Example: They have been singing songs all day.

Some verbs need an object (direct object) to complete their meaning. These verbs are called transitive verbs.

Example: He gave a kiss to mom. (Answers the questions what? or whom?)

Intransitive verbs are verbs that do not need an object.

Example: The baby cried.

Linking verbs do not show action but connect the subject and a word in the predicate that describes the subject. These verbs are often forms of the verb to be. They can also be related to the senses or states of being (Senses - look, sound, smell, feel, taste: State of being - appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain).

Example: Those people are teachers.

Those students are bright.

This closet smells bad.

I feel super.

A win today seems right.

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