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• Verb


  Words that express actions or state of being
• Action verb


  • Words that directly express actions
• Action verb


  • Can either be transitive or intransitive
• Transitive verb


  Verb that requires a direct object. The direct object is the receiver of the action.
• State of being verbs


  Words that do not show action. Also called linking verbs because they connect the subject of the sentence to its complement.
• Subject complement


  Describes or renames the subject
• Helping or auxiliary verbs


  They help in the existence of main verbs. Always come with the main verb and they cannot stand alone.
• Helping or auxiliary verbs


  • be verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)
  • have verbs (have, has, had, having)
  • do verbs (do, does, did, done, doing)
  • modal auxiliaries (could, should, would, can, shall, will, may, might, must, ought)
• Imperative verbs


  Used to express commands, orders, instructions or requests
• Preposition


  Words commonly used to indicate place, time, direction and manner
• Linking verb


  A verb that does not show action. Subject complement describes or renames the subject.
• • Alejandro Roces author of my brother’s peculiar chicken
• Environment- when the text mentions places associated with place or country
• History- expressed when the text mentions ideasthat occurred during a specific point in time.
• Culture- selection mentions tangible and non-tangible things that are usually associated with aspecific group of people or place.
• Facts are statements that can be verified withevidence
• Opinions are based on a belief or viewpoint.
• Fantasy= is something that is produced by one’simagination.
• Reality = state of things as they exist in real life.
• • BLENDING combined parts of two words whosemeaning is a combination
• • COMPOUND two or more words are combined toform a new word
• • CLIPPED reduced or shortened word withoutchanging its meaning
• • LINKING VERB a verb that do not show action.
• • subject complement describes or renames the subject.
• • IMPERATIVE VERBS are used to express commands, orders, instructions or requests
• HELPING OR AUXILIARY VERBS

  -they help in the existence of main verbs

  -always come with the main verb and they cannot standalone