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Verbs are Cool!

Verbs are Cool!. Action/Main, Linking, and Helping. Why do we need a verb in a sentence?. Raise your hand and tell me what you think!. What is a verb?. A verb is a word used to express action, a condition, or a state of being. (Write this definition on your paper.) .

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Verbs are Cool!

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  1. Verbs are Cool! Action/Main, Linking, and Helping

  2. Why do we need a verb in a sentence? Raise your hand and tell me what you think!

  3. What is a verb? A verb is a word used to express action, a condition, or a state of being. (Write this definition on your paper.)

  4. There are three kinds of verbs. (Write “Three Kinds of Verbs” on your paper on the first line.)

  5. 1. Action Verbs Tells what the subject does. (The action can be physical or mental.)

  6. Examples: PHYSICIAL: The fish swims in water. MENTAL: I believe in the tooth fairy.

  7. Transitive or Intransitive? • An action verb is transitive if it has a direct object. • An action verb is intransitive if it does NOT have a direct object.

  8. Example • The boy hit the ball. • HIT is the verb, and BALL is the direct object. The verb HIT is transitive. • I went to the park. • WENT is the verb, but there is no direct object. The verb WENT is intransitive.

  9. 2. Linking Verbs Links the subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate. This word is called a Subject Complement.

  10. 18 Linking VerbsFORMS OF BEam, are, is, was, were, be, been, beingGRABS VERBS Grow, Remain, Appear, Become, Seem SENSING VERBS feel, look, smell, sound, taste

  11. Predicate Nominative A noun or pronoun that follows the linking verb Renames the subject Predicate Adjective An adjective that follows the linking verb Describes the subject Subject Complements

  12. Examples: Bailey sounds happy. (Happy describes Bailey) Mr. Thomas is an engineer. (Engineer renames Mr. Thomas)

  13. 3. Helping Verbs Helps the main verb express action or show time. They are combined with the main verbs to form verb phrases.

  14. FORMS OF HAVEhas, have, hadFORMS OF DOdo, does, didOther Forms of Verbscould, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

  15. Examples Kieran is studying a lot. Helping verb: is Main verb: studying What is the verb phrase?

  16. Helping Verbs Sung to Jingle Bells Helping Verbs, Helping Verbs We must learn these verbs Am, is, are Was and were Being, be, and been Have, has, had Do, does, did Shall, will, should, and would There are 5 more helping verbs May, might, must, can, could

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