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Dinosaur Ghosts Writing & Grammar. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Being Verbs and Linking Verbs. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs. A transitive verb is an action verb that has a direct object. An intransitive verb has no direct object. transitive. intransitive. intransitive.
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Dinosaur GhostsWriting & Grammar Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Being Verbs and Linking Verbs
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs • A transitive verb is an action verb that has a direct object. • An intransitive verb has no direct object.
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Being and Linking Verbs The dinosaurs were _________________. • “were” is a being verb • A being verb is called a linking verb when it links the subject with the predicate. • A predicate noun renames or identifies the subject. • A predicate adjective describes the subject.
Tell what the being verb is and if it is linking a predicate noun or adjective. Predicate noun Predicate adjective Predicate noun Predicate adjective Predicate noun Predicate adjective Predicate noun