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Verb Review

Verb Review. Verbs. A word used to express action or a state of being Helping Verb: helps the main verb express and action/state of being Also known as auxiliary verb He has been praised . Verb phrase: contains helping verb and main verb; is sometimes interrupted by another part of speech.

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Verb Review

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  1. Verb Review

  2. Verbs • A word used to express action or a state of being • Helping Verb: helps the main verb express and action/state of being • Also known as auxiliary verb • He has been praised. • Verb phrase: contains helping verb and main verb; is sometimes interrupted by another part of speech

  3. Verbs • Action verb: verb that expresses physical or mental activity • Langston Hughes wrote volumes of poetry. • Physical activity: laugh, paint, leap, sneeze, play • Mental activity: understand, trust, realize, dream, wish

  4. Verbs • Linking verbs: connect subject to a word or word group that identifies/describes the subject • Noun, pronoun, adjective that is connected to the subject by a linking verb completes the meaning of the verb • Common linking verbs: am, are, been, is, was, being, appear, grow, seem, taste, smell, sound, become, feel, remain • The watermelon looks ripe.

  5. Verbs • Transitive verbs: express an action directed toward a person, place, thing, or idea • Action passes from doer (subject) to the receiver of the action (direct object) • Emily brought flowers. • TRANSITIVE VERBS REQUIRE DIRECT OBJECTS***

  6. Verbs • Intransitive verbs: express action (or tells something about the subject) without the action passing to a receiver of the object • Linking verbs are intransitive verbs because…? • The twins played quietly.

  7. Intransitive vs. Transitive Joan swam ten laps. Joan swam well. The teacher read a poem. The teacher read aloud.

  8. The End!

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