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Verbs

Verbs. V erbs. A verb is the action of the sentence. It shows what someone or something is doing . There are 3 types: action, helping, and linking. Action Verbs. These are words that express action ( give, eat, walk, jump, fight, run , etc.)

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Verbs

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  1. Verbs

  2. Verbs • A verb is the action of the sentence. It shows what someone or something is doing. • There are 3 types: action, helping, and linking

  3. Action Verbs • These are words that express action (give, eat, walk, jump, fight, run, etc.) • Or they sometimes express possession (have, own, has, etc.)

  4. Write the action verbs and label them “AV”.DO NOT WRITE THE SENTENCES. 1. The dog chased the cat. 2. Mr. Faulkner grades essays. 3. The players tackled their opponent. 4. Negan always has problems.

  5. Remember: Action Verbs have to express something you can PHYSICALLY see • Example 1: He jumped on the trampoline. • I can physically see someone jumping, so “jumped” is an Action Verb. • Example 2: She has a nice jacket. • I can physically see she has a jacket, so “has” is an Action Verb.

  6. Linking Verbs • A linkingverb connectsthe subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.

  7. This noun or adjective is called the subject complement. Example: Jim became a business major. Jim = subject; became = linking verb; a business major = subject complement.

  8. Write the linking verbs in the following sentences: 1. Peter feels love for Gamora. 2. Jim appeared happy.

  9. These verbs are linking verbs but ONLY WHEN THEY HAVE SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS: 1. to appear 2. to feel 3. to look 4. to remain 5. to stay 6. to taste 7. to continue 8. to grow 9. to prove 10.to sound 11. to smell 12. to turn

  10. Example: Libby appeared happy. appearedis the linking verb because it links Libby (subject) to happy (subject complement) But Libby suddenly appeared. The verb appeared is an action verb here with no subject complement so it can’t be linking.

  11. The most common linking verb is “to be” in all its forms: Am, is, are, was, were, being, been

  12. Remember: this ONLY works if the linking verbs connect the subject to its complement

  13. Write the linking verbs and label them “LV”. Write the subject complements and label them “SC”. DO NOT WRITE THE SENTENCES. • My classroom is smelly. 2. The homework was easy. 3. The cat was annoying. 4. We are in English class.

  14. Helping Verbs Helping verbs are used BEFOREaction or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, would, should, etc.) or time (was, did, has, is, etc.).

  15. It is ALWAYS: “[helping verb] THEN [main verb]” • Example: Bob is going to Mexico. (Is = helping verb; Going = main verb. )

  16. Write the helping verbs and label them “H”. Write the main verbs and label them “MV”. DO NOT WRITE THE SENTENCES. • I have read many books. 2. He did cheat on that test. 3. We should study harder. 4. We could go to the store.

  17. The following words, called modals, are ALWAYS helping verbs: Can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would

  18. The following forms of the verbs “to be,” “to do,” and “to have” sometimes serve as helping verbs: Am, are, be, been, being, did, do, does, had, has, have, is, was, were

  19. Remember: a verb has to come BEFORE a main verb and give additional information in order to be HELPING

  20. There will be an open-notes quiz on this material next class, so put these in your NOTEBOOK to study them

  21. [day and date] • Quiz on Verbs • You may use your notes from last class

  22. ONLY write the answers to this quiz

  23. 1. Writethe verb(s) of each sentence2. Label them as Action (AV), Linking (LV), or Helping (HV)DO NOT WRITE THE SENTENCES. • James Bond is a British spy. • All students should do their extra credit. • We are watching a movie. • The band performed their half-time show. • We might go to the play.

  24. 1. Writethe verb(s) of each sentence2. Label them as Action (AV), Linking (LV), or Helping (HV)DO NOT WRITE THE SENTENCES. 6. Batman smashed the criminal’s face in. 7. Ms. Jackson is an English teacher. 8. Jim could go to Hawaii for vacation. 9. Amy feels lonely at home. 10. We jumped for joy at the good news.

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