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Verb Six Weeks Test

Verb Six Weeks Test. English. Action Verbs. The director shouts at the members of the cast. The lights are flashing above the stage. The director has a script in her back pocket. Physical Verbs : shout, flash, arrive, own, talk, hit, applaud, praise Mental Verbs :

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Verb Six Weeks Test

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  1. Verb Six Weeks Test English

  2. Action Verbs • The director shouts at the members of the cast. • The lights are flashing above the stage. • The director has a script in her back pocket.

  3. Physical Verbs: shout, flash, arrive, own, talk, hit, applaud, praise Mental Verbs: remember, memorize, forget, appreciate

  4. Examples • Eugene O’Neill’s father, an actor, toured the country. (physical) 2. O’Neill learned about the theater from his father. (mental) 3. The playwright considered ideas for new plays. (mental) 4. The young playwright worked long hours. (physical)

  5. Transitive & Intransitive Verbs 1.The actor remembered lines from the play. Direct Object - lines 2.The audience applauds the actors. (transitive) Direct Object - actors 3.The audience applauds loudly. (intransitive) 4.They wrote favorable reviews. (transitive) Direct Object - reviews

  6. Verbs with Indirect Object • Friends sent the actors flowers. • The theater offers young people many opportunities. • Generous patrons give the theater large donations. • The theater club offers subscribers a discount.

  7. Linking Verbs & Predicate Words • Bess Powell was the director. (predicate noun) • William Shakespeare was a great playwright and poet. (predicate noun) • Many of Shakespeare’s plots sound exaggerated. (predicate adjective) • He is a giant in world literature. (predicate noun)

  8. Main Verbs & Helping Verbs • Stagehands are preparing the scenery. • Theater has remained a popular form of entertainment. • Now groups are performing dramas on television. 4. Live theater has experienced a surge in interest.

  9. Irregular Verbs 1. Somehow, in the process, they shrank. (Past) 2. He has kept me waiting for ten minutes. (Past participle) 3. Luckily I brought a book with me. (Past) 4.She has grown more confident. (Past participle) 5. They say she has stolen the show. (Past participle)

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