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yes it is the third person singular form of tell.
Use tells when the subject is he/she/i or a singular noun. eg
He tells lies -- he is the subject
The doctor tells good stories -- doctor is a singular noun subject
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Is the verb in this sentence an action verb or a linking verb 'Shawn tells long crazy jokes'?
In the sentence "Shawn tells long crazy jokes" the verb "tells" is an action verb.
Is which a verb or preposition?
"Which" is a relative pronoun used to introduce subordinate clauses and is not a verb or preposition.
What does the verb tense tell us?
The verb tense tells us the time when the action of the verb occurs - whether it is happening in the past, present, or future. This helps provide clarity and context to the statement being made.
Is interrupting an adverb?
No, it's not. It's the participle form of the verb "to interrupt." He was interrupting the teacher and he got in trouble. An adverb is a word that describes (tells more about) a verb. For example, in the sentence: He ran quickly down the street, the verb is "ran" (past tense of "to run"). How did he run? Quickly. Quickly tells me more about the verb.
A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that tells?
A direct object tells what the verb did. She gave him the book. The verb is gave. What did the verb gave actually do. Did she give the boy? Did she give the boy to Sally? No. She gave the book. So the direct object describes what the verb actually did. The verb give involved the book. The book is the direct object. What happened to the book? She gave the direct object, the book, to the indirect object, the boy.
Is the verb in this sentence an action verb or a linking verb 'Shawn tells long crazy jokes'?
In the sentence "Shawn tells long crazy jokes" the verb "tells" is an action verb.
What is the adverb phrase to He spoke with a stutter?
"With a stutter" as it tells how he spoke and modifies the verb "spoke." An adverb phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb tells how, when, or where about a verb. "Stutter" tells how about the verb "spoke."
Is the verb in this sentence an action or linking verb - Shawn tell long crazy jokes .?
In the sentence "Shawn tells long crazy jokes" the verb "tells" is an action verb.
What does a verb answer?
It tells what an action is.
What tells more about a verb?
An adverb tells more about a verb. An adverb quite often ends in the letters, "ly". Example: The girl ran quickly. "Quickly" is the adverb, and you can see that it tells more about the verb, "ran".
Is which a verb or preposition?
"Which" is a relative pronoun used to introduce subordinate clauses and is not a verb or preposition.
What part of speech is lies?
As a verb it would be "He lies when he tells the story." As a noun "He tells lies when he talks."
What is the part of a verb that tells when something happens?
helping verb
What tells what the subject in a sentence is doing?
The verb
What is a non verb?
verb is word that tells about and action ( walk ) or a state ( love ) . I guess a non verb is any other word that is not a verb.
Is skillful a verb?
No, the word 'skillful' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun (a skillful carpenter, a skillful editor).A verb is a word that tells what the subject is or what the subject does.Examples:A skillful carpenter measures twice. (The verb 'measures' tells what the carpenter does)Marcus is a skillful editor. (the verb 'is' tells us what Marcus is)
What kind of verb is the word for?
For is not a verb it is a preposition or a conjunction
