Draw one line under each action verb and 2 lines under each linking verb. Sentences with linking verbs, circle the word and the predicate that renames or describes the subject. Write noun pronoun for adjectives in the blank to describe the word. In sentences with action verb, circle the direct object if there is one.
1. The old woman's eyes sparkled when she recalled her husband.
2. Her voice grew stronger.
3. Her husband disapproved of the smart young women.
4. For Dona Carmen, the children of the town were the future.
5. She won the election for mayor three times.
1.
ACTION VERBS:
sparkled, recalled
DIRECT OBJECT:
husband
ADJECTIVES:
old, her
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Here the answers I have got till now
1. Linking verb
- when
Action Verb
-sparkled and recalled
Direct Object
-husbad
2. Linking verb and Action Verb
-grew
Direct Object
-voice
3. Linking Verb
-of
Action Verb
-disapproved
4. Linking verb and Action verb
-were
Direct Object
-children
5. Linking verb
-for
Action verb
-won
Direct Object
-election
1. When is not a verb.
2. Grew is a linking verb in this sentence. There is no direct object. Voice is the subject. What is the predicate adjective?
3. Of is not a verb; it's a preposition.
4. Were is a linking verb. It doesn't have a direct object. Children is the object. What is the predicate noun?
5. For is a preposition, not a linking verb.
1. The old woman's eyes sparkled when she recalled her husband.
- Circle "sparkled" as the action verb.
- No direct object.
- Circle "eyes" as the word being described by the linking verb "were."
- Circle "eyes" as the subject being described as "old woman's."
2. Her voice grew stronger.
- Circle "grew" as the action verb.
- No direct object.
3. Her husband disapproved of the smart young women.
- Circle "disapproved" as the action verb.
- No direct object.
4. For Dona Carmen, the children of the town were the future.
- Circle "were" as the linking verb.
- No direct object.
- Circle "children" as the word being described by the linking verb "were."
- Circle "children" as the subject being described as "the future."
5. She won the election for mayor three times.
- Circle "won" as the action verb.
- Circle "election" as the direct object.
- No linking verb in this sentence.