Verbs Review of the three types.
What’s a verb? • Verbs express an action –Ex: bring, change, grow, consider
• Verbs express an occurrence –Ex: become, happen, occur
• Verbs express a state of being –Ex: be, seem, remain
Action Verbs • Tells what action is occurring in a
sentence.
• Expresses a mental or physical activity.
• Answers the question: “What is the subject doing?”
Action Verbs Practice
• What is the subject doing? Find the simple subject and its action verb:
1. He spoke French. 2. I wandered around the room
yesterday. 3. The children sprung out of
bed on Christmas morning.
Answers:
• What is the subject doing? Find the simple subject and its action verb:
1. He spoke French. 2. I wandered around the room
yesterday. 3. The children sprung out of
bed on Christmas morning.
Linking Verbs… • do not show an action; they show a
relationship. • link or connect the subject of the
sentence with a noun or an adjective in the predicate.
subject LV noun subject LV adjective
– Peanut is my toad. -Peanut is tiny.
Linking Verbs
All forms of “to be” are called state of
being verbs.
Examples:
• am • is • are • was • were • be
• being • been
• became
Let’s Put it Together… • Find the ACTION and LINKING
VERB(S)… –Victor said his friend was pretty
strange. Answer: ACTION VERB LINKING VERB
Victor said his friend was pretty strange.
Let’s Put it Together… • Find the ACTION and LINKING
VERB(S)… –There are thirteen people attending my
birthday party. Answer: LINKING VERB ACTION VERB
There are thirteen people attending my birthday party.
Helping Verbs… • work with a main verb to help you
understand what action is taking place. – This is called a verb phrase.
• There could be more than one helping verb in a sentence.
• Examples: Helping Verb + Main Verb = Verb Phrase
Dogs can run. I was sleeping.
Artists can train others to draw. The student had been working on homework.
The techniques could have been altered a little.
23 Helping Verbs • am
• is
• are
• was
• were
• being
• been
• be
• have
• has
• had
• do
• does
• did
• shall
• should
• will
• would
• may
• might
• must
• can
• could
Helping Verb Practice: Directions: Identify the verb phrase. What are the helping verb(s) and main verb within it? 1. You can speak loudly in the gym.
• Verb phrase: can speak • Helping verb: can • Main verb: speak
2. The dog must have been chasing the cat.
• Verb phrase: must have been chasing • Helping verbs: must, have, been • Main verb: chasing
Directions: Break the sentence into complete subject and complete predicate with a vertical line.
Underline the verb(s) in the complete predicate. Label its type (AV, LV, or HV).
1. We parked and locked our bicycles in the
rack at the library.
2. Many, many resources were available
there.
Answers Key: Action Verbs
Linking Verbs Helping Verbs
1. We parked and locked our bicycles in the
rack at the library.
2. Many, many resources were available
there.
Directions: Break the sentence into complete subject and complete predicate
with a vertical line. Underline the verb(s) in the complete
predicate. Label its type (AV, LV, or HV).
3. I considered several books about wild
animals.
4. All of the books had looked interesting.
Answers Key: Action Verbs
Linking Verbs Helping Verbs
3. I considered several books about wild
animals.
4. All of the books had looked interesting.