Which sentence contains an action verb? A. Mary works every day. B. She was lazy last year. C. Her dog seems fierce. D. Lynn is pretty.
No it is a linking verb
it is a linking verb. "Seems" "tastes" "smells" are all the same kind of verb, what one of my old teacher called "Wannabe Verbs", meaning they want to be a "Being Verb" (be, is, was, might be, etc. etc.) The soup seems good..... SEEMS is a Linking Verb to GOOD, which is the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
A sentence that has an action verb in it is..... She waved at the neighbors next door.
The action in a sentence is a verb.
whats a verb for dog?
No.Seems is a state verb.
The verb in this sentence is "seems."
Which sentence contains an action verb? A. Mary works every day. B. She was lazy last year. C. Her dog seems fierce. D. Lynn is pretty.
No it is a linking verb
it is a linking verb. "Seems" "tastes" "smells" are all the same kind of verb, what one of my old teacher called "Wannabe Verbs", meaning they want to be a "Being Verb" (be, is, was, might be, etc. etc.) The soup seems good..... SEEMS is a Linking Verb to GOOD, which is the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
A sentence that has an action verb in it is..... She waved at the neighbors next door.
The action in a sentence is a verb.
Seems is the verb. To be tired is a verbal phrase, a verb form functioning as another part of speech in this sentence.
There is no action verb. The verb "is" (to be) is a linking verb.
A sentence with a transitive verb (an action verb that has a direct object) is "I moved a sofa". A sentence with an intransitive verb (an action verb that does not have a direct object) is "I giggled".
The action verb is have.