verbs with indirect objects, linking verbs and predicate words, present and past tenses, main verbs and helping verbs

Chapters

1. 00:00verbs with indirect objects
2. 00:05An indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom? an action is done.
3. 00:17linking verbs and predicate verbs
4. 00:24A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or adjective in the predicate.
5. 00:38A predicate noun is a noun that follows a linking verb. It defines the subject by telling what it is
6. 00:49A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb.
7. 01:00It describes the subject by telling what it is like.
8. 01:09present and past tenses
9. 01:16The present tense of a verb names an action that is occurring now or that occurs regularly.
10. 01:30It can also express a general truth.
11. 01:38The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened.
12. 01:51main verbs and helping verbs
13. 02:00A helping verb helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement.
14. 02:13A verb phrase consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb.