EXERCISE BELOW, WRITE THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB OF EACH SENTENCE IN...

2. The crowd cheered Amy.

Sentence 1 cannot have a direct object because it has no action verb; is does not ex-

press action. Amy, in sentence 1, is not a direct object.

On the other hand, sentence 2 can have a direct object because it has an action verb;

cheered expresses action. Amy, in sentence 2, receives the action of the verb cheered and is

a direct object of that verb.

The crowd cheered Amy.

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Are there other verbs, besides is, that do not express action?

Yes. Here are some of them:

am will be may be have been

are shall be might be has been

was would be can be had been

were should be could be will have been

All of the listed verbs, including is, are forms of a single verb—the verb be.

Remember the following about am, is, are, will be, and all other forms of the verb be: