Lightning can be used as a noun (bolt of lightning) or an adjective (lightning fast). It is not a verb, so it does not have a past tense form.
The Transitive verb in this sentence is struck.
FULGURATION: verb (used without object)1.to flash or dart like lightning. verb (used with object)2.Medicine/Medical . to destroy (especially an abnormalgrowth) by electricity.
It can be, if used as a verbal noun (gerund), e.g. Lightening your hair can damage it. Otherwise, it is a verb form. *Not to be confused with "lightning" which is a noun, an electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
the homonyn for lightning is lightening the homonyn for lightning is lightening
Lightning can be used as a noun (bolt of lightning) or an adjective (lightning fast). It is not a verb, so it does not have a past tense form.
Well, active voice is when the subject of the sentence is directly stated to be doing the action. Like, "the lightning struck the tree" is active voice because the lightning is the subject and is at the beginning of the sentence and followed directly by the verb struck. Passive voice (the opposite) of this sentence would be "the tree was struck by lightning" lightning is still the subject and still doing the verb, struck, but it is not at the beginning of the sentence and directly followed by the verb. So maybe the active voice verb is the verb that the active subject is performing?
The Transitive verb in this sentence is struck.
Active voice verbs are verbs where the subject of the sentence performs the action denoted by the verb. In active voice, the subject is the doer of the action. For example, in the sentence "She ate the cake," "ate" is an active voice verb because "she" (the subject) is performing the action of eating.
Were going could be either an action verb or a linking verb.Action Verb: I heard that the children were going home early because of the snowstorm.Linking Verb: The cats were going crazy because of the thunder and lightning.
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The subject is bolt.Of lightning is a prepositional phrase that supplements the subject, can melt is the verb, and sand is the direct object.
der Blitz-noun, blitzen-verb (Yes, like the reindeer. Donner is thunder.)
FULGURATION: verb (used without object)1.to flash or dart like lightning. verb (used with object)2.Medicine/Medical . to destroy (especially an abnormalgrowth) by electricity.
Jolt, zap, fizz, pop, crackle. (those are words I think of to describe your being STRUCK by lightning) Silent, stealthy, lethal (deadly), speedy, I can't really say 'fast as greased lightning, so I think that's all I have. It's harder than it seems....
heard - is a past tense verb. Because there is only one verb in this sentence it is a simple tense = past simple
It can be (lightening hair, lightening loads, lightening skies).It is the present participle of the verb to lighten, meaning to make lighter, either in color or weight. Lightening (not lightning) may be a verb, noun, or adjective.