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Verbs

How well do you know the different types of verbs?

An action verb shows what its subject is doing. A linking verb links a subject to its subject complement. A helping verb comes before another verb to help show tense or express ideas like ability or obligation. Name the type of verb highlighted in each of these sentences. See Grammar-Ease: Terms and Definitions for definitions of grammar terms.

But before you try our quiz, here are some examples to get you started:

He could feel the pebble in his shoe.
In this sentence feel is an action verb, and could is a helping verb.

She felt queasy.
In this sentence felt is a linking verb.