Chapter Summary
Sentences are not complete or meaningful without a verb. The three types of verbs are action, linking, and helping verbs. An action verb tells what the subject does. An action verb may be transitive (needs an object to complete a thought) or intransitive (needs no object to complete a thought). A linking verb does not indicate action. If the subject is renamed or described, the verb that is used is a linking verb. A helping verb, along with the main verb, forms a verb phrase.

Verbs are either regular or irregular and have four principal parts-the present, the past, the past participle, and the present participle. Most verbs are regular verbs. Verbs involve more form changes than any other part of speech.

Online Links

Online Electronic Malls

Best Buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/

Egghead
http://www.egghead.com/

Circuit City
http://www.circuitcity.com

eCOST.com
http://www.ecost.com/

J & R Music World
http://www.jandr.com/

Search Engines

Google
http://www.google.com/

Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/

Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/

Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com

Bonus Exercise

Objective: Identify transitive and intransitive verbs.

1. Visit several of the online electronic review sites listed above.
2. Choose an electronic product to research. Some examples of electronic products are computers, digital cameras, or personal digital assistants (PDAs).
3. Print a product review.
4. Working from the printout, choose a paragraph. Underline each transitive verb once and each intransitive verb twice. Circle any linking verbs.
5. Write a paragraph about an electronic product that you would like to own.
6. Underline all intransitive verbs in your paragraph.

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