Lesson 12

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c. Possible answers:

1) I feel fine today.
The fur feels soft.

2) John will grow tomatoes.
The tree grows tall.

3) I will look for my pen. She looks beautiful.

4) The weather seems to be changing.

The man seems confident. 5) The alarm will sound loudly.

The story sounds interesting.

6) I will taste the soup.

The pie tastes delicious.

d. could (not) be expected

c. Some verbs can be used as either linking or action verbs.

Ex: Susan smells the soup. (action)
The soup smells delicious. (linking)

Write two sentences using the following verbs. Use the verbs as an action verb and then as a linking verb:
1) feel
2) grow
3) look
4) seem
5) sound
6) taste

d. You have circled the action verbs and the being verbs in the literature passage. There is one more group of verbs in the literature passage. A verb may consist of more than one word. A verb with more than one word is called a verb phrase, consisting of the main verb and one or more helping verbs. A helping verb helps the verb express action or make a statement. Being verbs may also be used as helping verbs.

Sometimes the verb phrase will be broken up by another word. One common interrupter is the word not or the contraction n't. Not and n't are never part of the verb. Find an example of a verb phrase interrupted by not in the literature passage.

 

Hint

The words not and n't are adverbs.

e. Verb phrases in questions are often interrupted by the subject. Find an example of this in the literature passage.

e. But what does he want of them?