Writer's Choice Grade 7Unit 10: VerbsOverviewVerbs are words that tell what's happening. An action verb names an action. A transitive verb has a direct object—something that receives the action. Sometimes two kinds of objects follow a transitive verb. The direct object answers the question of whom? or what? is receiving the action. The indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom? the action is carried out. An intransitive verb does not have a direct object. A linking verb tells what the subject is or is like. Common linking verbs are be, seem, feel, taste, and look. The words that follow a linking verb are part of the predicate. A predicate noun tells what the subject is, as in Tessa is my friend. A predicate adjective tells what the subject is like, as in These crackers are stale. A verb changes its form to show when an action takes place. Present, past, and future tense forms respectively identify actions that are happening now, actions that have already happened, and actions that will happen in the future. The present progressive form identifies an action or condition that is continuing in the present. The past progressive form names an action or condition that continued for some time in the past. |  |
