You must realize 'is' has a purpose. In extremely short sentences you can use it, especially in the beginning of a story or a book. You are trying to orient the reader. Where is this place? Who are your characters? Where are we going? You will need to use is a few times in your first few paragraphs. Getting your readers oriented is more important than a silly rule.
Then the action starts taking off. You start rewriting looking for ways to replace is with motion.
It was a beautiful day. = The sun rose announcing a beautiful day.
She was climbing up the mountain. = She scampered up the mountain.
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Replace the present tense form of the verb by the verb phrase "will [or shall] + [infinitive form of the verb]".
yes part of the verb "to be" I am he is she is it is you are we are they are
It is a helping verb.
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To weaken is a verb related to the word weak.
Replace the verb with is, am, are, was, or were - if the sentence still makes sense, then it is a linking verb, if not it is an action verb Example: Anne grew weak. Anne grew lettuce. | | | | Anne is weak. Anne is lettuce. Makes sense; linking verb. Doesn't make sense; action verb Hope I helped ^_^
"Weak" can be both an adjective and a verb, depending on the context. As an adjective, it describes something lacking strength or intensity. As a verb, it typically refers to the action of becoming weak or losing strength.
No... that is called a weak verb.
Weak is not a verb, so it has no past tense. "Weaken" is the related verb, and its past tense is weakened.
A weak verb is a word that does not describe much.Example:The cat is in the house. (weak)The cat dwells in the house. (strong)
a weak verb is a verb that is regular. It follows normal, predictable patterns in all tenses. An example of a weak verb is sagen or hören.Weak verbs are opposite of strong verbs, which have stem changes in some tenses. For example, the verb sprechen:In the present singular form, it changes to spricht. in the simple past, sprach. with past participle, gesprochen.
Replace is a verb.
if the battery gets weak and useless, then you have to replace it...
No, "replace" is not an adverb. "Replace" is typically used as a verb in a sentence to indicate the action of putting something back in the place of something else.
The word 'replace' is a verb: replace, replaces, replacing, replaced.The noun forms for the verb to replace are replacement and the gerund, replacing.
No... that is called a weak verb.