Review Finding the Subject AND VERBS!!! Wheeeee !

1. Chapter 3 Review Finding the Subject AND VERBS!!! Wheeeee!

2. Finding the Subject • Remember that finding the subject of the sentence isn’t too bad! Just figure out what the ACTION is and Who/What is performing it! Mr. Morton! http://ttosspon.wikispaces.com/Grammar+Rocks!#Subject

3. Finding the Subject in Questions – Change in Subject position pg 44 V sub Verb • Why is he going away? • Put questions in statement form so that it is easier to identify the complete verb phrase. • Why is he going away? • He is going away. • How did he find his sister in the city? • He found his sister by… • Where is her office? • Her office is… Verb

4. There and HERE (pg 44) • “here” “where” and “there” will never be the subject of the sentence.(they are adverbs) • There will be a quiz on Tuesday. • There is a new teacher in the department. • Here comes the woman now. The quizwill be on Tuesday Subj. Verb The teacheris new in the department. subject The womancomes here now. subject Verb

5. Commands (pg 44) • Remember that the subject of a “command” sentence is “you” (understood). This is the ONLY case where the subject of a sentence may be left out. • Go to Chicago. • Help your sister. You sub Verb You sub Verb

6. Exercise 8 pg 45 • Cross out the prepositional phrase, then underline the subject. • In the night train, the child slept. • Here, the motion of the railroad cars lulled the passengers. • The child’s mother, a single parent, put a coat under the child’s head for a pillow. In the night train, the child slept. Here the motionof the railroad cars lulled the passengers. The child’s mother, a single parent, put a coat under the child’s head for a pillow.

7. Exercise 8 pg 45 Outside the window, the lights from small towns and villages twinkled. 4. Outside the window, the lights from small towns and villages twinkled. 5. Sometimes passengers could look into people’s windows. 6. There was a silence in the train. 7. Why do people travel in the middle of the night? Sometimes passengers could look into people’s windows. There was a silencein the train. Why do people travel in the middle of the night.

8. Exercise 8 pg 45 In most cases, children will rest quietly at night. 8. In most cases, children will rest quietly at night. 9. Will the woman with a young child and heavy suitcases have a difficult time at the end of the trip? 10. On the platform waits an elderly man, anxious for the first sight of his grandson. Will the woman with a young child and heavy suitcases have a difficult time at the end of the trip? On the platform waits an elderly man, anxious for the first sight of his grandson.

9. How to Find the Verb pg 47 • Today she dances. • Yesterday she danced. • Tomorrow she will dance. • Verbs tell what happened and when (time)Test the sentence by adding Today, Yesterday, or tomorrow.

10. Action Verbs • Examples: • Arrive, leave, learn, write, open, write, teach(pg 48) • The woman studied ballet. • Tells what the subject is doing and when the action occurs.

11. Action Verbs Action Verbs (AV) express physical or mental action. studied dreaming thinking running vote dance pg47

12. The batter is hitting the game winning homerun. The batter thinks about winning the game.

13. Linking Verbs • Examples: • (see pg 49) • Act, appear, become, feel, get, grow, look, remain, seems, smells, sounds, tastes, turns • Be (am, is, are, was, were, has been, have been) • She seems distracted • Links the subject of a sentence to one or more words that describe or identify the subject.

14. Linking Verbs A linking verb (LV) is a verb that expresses a state of being. A linking verb connects, or links, the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject. Pg 48 Pg 48

15. The verb "to be" am has been may be is have been can be are had been should be was will be might be were would have been

16. Most of the other linking verbs are related to your five senses sound appear, become, seem, look smell taste touch, feel, remain

17. The musicsounds loud. The manseems irritated. The flowersmells fragrant. The appletastes delicious. The Girl Scoutfeels sad because no plants are growing at Camp Green Lake.

18. Action verb or linking verb? The cookie smelled delicious! Caveman smelled the cookie. LV AV

19. Linking Verb or Action Verb? Linking verbs link the cookie to a word in the predicate. When the cookie is the subject, it is not performing an action and is not able to smell, taste, touch. However . . . When the sentence is about someone eating, smelling, or tasting the cookie, there is action being performed. The verb is then an action verb.

20. AV Ismelled the chocolate chip cookies baking in the kitchen. AV My little brotherappeared at the kitchen window and stole a cookie. LV The cookie tasted gooey because it came straight from the oven. LV The cookie he ate appears to be underbaked.

21. Helping Verbs • Examples: • (see pg 51) • Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will • Being, been, am, is, was, are, were • Has, have, had • Does, do, did • He is sleeping • He might sleep • He should sleep. • He could have been sleeping. • Combines with a main verb to form a verb phrase. It always comes before the main verb and expresses a special meaning or a particular time.

22. Helping Verbs • Pg 50 A helping verb helps the main verb express action or a state of being. A helping verb can help either an action verb or a linking verb! Santa Claus is helping himself to the cookies!

23. am is are was were do does did done has have had be been being shall will could should would can may

24. Santa is checking his list twice. I know that you are hoping that you are on the good list, but the list does appear to be pretty short this year. You might have been left off of the list! The letter that you wrote could have been lost in the mail. Christmas might be looking pretty grim for you.

25. A verb and all of its helpers is called a verb phrase. AV Clint’s plane is tumbling over the Virginia falls. LV Unfortunately things might have been different if the engine had not died. Always remember NOT is NOT a verb

26. Verb phrases are often interrupted by an adverb. The engine of the plane will usually start. Usually the engine of the plane will start. Will start is the verb phrase; the adverb does not change the facts!!!!