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English lesson presentationEnglish lesson presentation
By Miss M.L MakhubeleBy Miss M.L Makhubele
Three Forms of VerbsActionAction Verbs
Helping Helping VerbsVerbs
• Linking Linking Verbs
Another Name…
Auxiliary is another name for Helping/Linking Verbs!
An action verb is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity
jump
coughed
ran
swallowed
sang
awakeride
Locate the subject
Then ask yourself, “What is it doing?”
The dog barked.
Who? dog
“What did the dog do?”
barked
The verb is barked, it’s what the dog is doing.
Can you find the action verb in each sentence?
1. The girls danced in the recital.2. Our mailman drove
a funny car last week.3. His teacher wrote
the answers on the board.4. Alice worked
on her homework last night.
No, try again.
Present verbs
An action verb that describes an action that is happening now is called a present tense present tense verbverb.The bird fliesflies
through the sky.FliesFlies is a present tense verb because it is happening right now.
Present tense verbs
Many present tense verbs end with ss, but some end with eses, or iesies.
sleepss
splasheses
criesies
Past Verbs
• Verbs which tell about actions which happened some time ago are past tense verbs. The dog desireddesired a
bone.
Desired is a past tense verb because the action has already happened.
references
http://www.slideshare.net/kekampusnaikmotor/my-verbs
pictures
http://www.orchardspethospital.com/dog-bones/
http://www.dailydropcap.com/tag/s
http://www.featurepics.com/online/Oops-Word-1743402.aspx
Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.
Does anyone know the story of Midas?
Most indefinite pronouns are either singular or plural.
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Some Indefinite Pronouns
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Singular Pluralanother everybody no oneanybody everyone nothinganyone everything oneanything much somebodyeach neither someoneeither nobody something
bothfew
manyothersseveral
All, any, most, none and some can be singular or plural, depending on the phrase that follows them.
Some Indefinite Pronouns
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When an indefinite pronoun is used as the subject, the verb must agree with it in number.
Everyone discusses the plot. (singular)
Both talk about King Minos. (plural)
All of mythology is about beliefs and ideals. (singular)
All of the myths are about beliefs and ideals. (plural)
Some Indefinite Pronouns
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Possessive pronouns often have indefinite pronouns as their antecedents. In such cases, the pronouns must agree in number. Note that in the first example the intervening prepositional phrase does not affect the agreement.
Each of the characters has his or her motive.
Several have conflict with their rivals.
Reflexive Pronouns
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A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved. Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding –self or –selves to certain personal and possessive pronouns
The woman found herself a book of folktales.
Reflexive Pronoun
Reflexive Pronouns
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Singular Plural
myselfyourselfhimself, herself, itself
ourselvesyourselvesthemselves
Sometimes hisself is mistakenly used for himself and theirselves for themselves. Avoid using hisself and theirselves.
Intensive Pronouns
An intensive pronoun is a pronoun that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named.
George himself bought a copy of American Tall Tales.
He himself paid for the book.
References
http://www.slideshare.net/msarely?utm_campaign=profiletracking&utm_medium=sssite&utm_source=ssslideview
pictures
http://www.slideshare.net/sarina_ann/pronouns-11691582
http://www.etsy.com/market/i'm_with_her?ref=l2
http://www.algaecal.com/blog/one-thing-experts-agree/
http://www.fungopher.com/i/magREZTH/Does-anyone-love-me.html
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