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Objectives: Students will identify different verbs and their function in sentences.

Objectives: Students will identify different verbs and their function in sentences. Questions Verbs (Action) and/or connections v erb: a verb is a word used to express an action,

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Objectives: Students will identify different verbs and their function in sentences.

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  1. Objectives: Students will identify different verbs and their function in sentences. QuestionsVerbs (Action) and/or connections verb: a verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or state of being. action verb: tells what its subject does. The action it expresses can be either physical or mental. Examples:Early humans moved constantly. (physical action) These people feared large animals. (mental action)

  2. Questions and/or Connections Verbs (Linking) Linking Verbs: connects a noun or pronoun w/ a word that identifies or describes it Forms of be: be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being Verbs that express condition: appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, taste. **Some verbs can serve as either action or linking verbs.**

  3. Questions and/or Connections Verbs (Helping) Helping Verbs: are added before another verb to make a verb phrase

  4. Action vs. Linking – identify the verb(s). After each verb(s) write AV for action verb and LV for linking verb. • The father looked at his family. • He was sad. • His family looked so tiny from the ship. • Many immigrants stayed in New York. • Suddenly the sun broke through the clouds.

  5. Helping and Main Verbs – Copy the sentence. Circle the helping verb and underline the main verb. • We have eaten all the cookies. • Bob may have passed his driver’s test! • Joey can eat an entire watermelon. • Samantha is auditioning for the school play. • She will stop the video soon.

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