Main verbs, helping verbs, and verbs that link a subject to a description. · about 13 minutes
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What is it? Some verbs carry the meaning - main verbs (run, eat, write). Others help them - helping verbs (is, has, will, can). Some verbs don't show action at all but link the subject to a description - linking verbs (is, seems, looks, feels).
Why does it matter? Helping verbs build tenses and questions (She is reading. Did you eat?). Linking verbs let you describe things (The soup smells good).
Where do we use it? Almost every sentence: "I have finished." "The sky looks cloudy." "We will win!"
In this lesson you will:
