ELA Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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What is an infinitive?
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A verb that mostly begins with “to”
2
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what is a helping verb
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A helping verb (also called an auxiliary verb) is used with a main verb to help express the main verb’s mood, tense, or voice
3
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what is a LINKING VERB.
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A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to an adjective, noun, or pronoun that completes the meaning of the verb. Common linking verbs are the forms of the verb to be; verbs relating to the five senses; and the verbs become, appear, and seem.
4
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what is a DIRECT OBJECT
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a direct object is a word or phrase that receives the action of the verb. In the sentence The students eat cake, the direct object is cake; the word eat is the verb and cake is what’s being eaten
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