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** linking verbs do not have objects
** linking verbs do not have objects
*** instead, they have "complements
*** instead, they have "complements
== Verb tense, conjugation and subject-verb matching quick start guide ==
* "conjugation" means "to inflect" a verb according to the "person" of its subject
** "inflection" = word ending changes
*** i.e., "go" >> "going", or "go" >> "goes"
** "person" = the "voice" or "perspective" of the subject of a sentence
*** i.e., "I" = first person singular; "we" = first person plural, etc.
=== Person ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Verbs: "person" of the subject
!Person
!Singular
!Plural
|-
|First person
|I
|we
|-
|Second person
|you
|you (all)
|-
|Third person
|he / she / it
|they
|-
|
|singular noun
(ex. ''the lion roars'')
|plural noun
(ex. ''the lions roar'')
|}
=== Conjugation ===
* matches subject and verb
** or, the verb-ending matches the person of the subject
{| class="wikitable"
|+Conjugation: "to be"
!
!singular
!plural
!
|-
|First person
|I am
|We are
|
|-
|Second person
|You are
|You (all) are
|
|-
|Third person
|He / She / It is
|They are
|
|}
the SAT test will only ask students to select between third person singular ("'''it'''") and third person plural ("'''they'''")
{| class="wikitable"
|+Conjugation: "to go"
!
!singular
!plural
!
|-
|First person
|I go
|We go
|
|-
|Second person
|You go
|You (all) go
|
|-
|Third person
|He / She / It goes
|They go
|
|}
=== Tense ===
* tense = verb forms that indicate time (when)
** past, present, future
** and sub-categories of them
* for the SAT, know that the present perfect '''HAS''' and '''HAVE''' verb forms are PRESENT TENSE
{| class="wikitable"
|+Present Tense: third person singular and plural
!
!Simple present
!Present Continuous
!Present Perfect
|-
|Singular
|It works
|It is working
|It '''has''' worked
|-
|
|It interacts
|It is interacting
|It '''has''' interacted
|-
|
|It does
|It is doing
|It '''has''' done*
|-
|Plural
|They work
|They are working
|They '''have''' worked
|-
|
|They interact
|They are interacting
|They '''have''' interacted
|-
|
|They do
|They are doing
|They '''have''' done.
|}
* HAD is PAST TENSE
{| class="wikitable"
|+Past Tense: third person singular and plural
!
!Simple present
!Present Continuous
!Present Perfect
|-
|Singular
|It worked
|It was working
|It '''had''' worked
|-
|
|It interacted
|It was interacting
|It '''had''' interacted
|-
|
|It did*
|It was doing
|It '''had''' done*
|-
|Plural
|They worked
|They were working
|They '''had''' worked
|-
|
|They interacted
|They were interacting
|They '''had''' interacted
|-
|
|They did*
|They were doing
|They had done.*
|}
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== Punctuation quick start guide ==
== Punctuation quick start guide ==
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