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Verbs

Verbs. It’s what you do, or are, or seem, or other things too, but mostly what you do. Verb : a word that expresses an action, condition, or state of being . Action verb : A verb that demonstrates an action

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Verbs

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  1. Verbs It’s what you do, or are, or seem, or other things too, but mostly what you do.

  2. Verb: a word that expresses an action, condition, or state of being. • Action verb:A verb that demonstrates an action • Linking verb:A verb that connects the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate • Auxiliary (helping) verbs:Used to change the tense of a verb and are part of a verb phrase. The “verb” in the sentence includes not just the action, but also the auxiliary verbs. Week 4 Vocab Words

  3. Gerunds: are –ing verbs acting as nouns. • GERUNDS ALWAYS END IN –ING. • Participle: Functions as an adjective describing a noun. • Infinitives: A verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb • will always have the word “to” followed by the base form of the verb Week 4 Vocab Words

  4. A verb is a word that expresses an action, condition, or state of being. LINKING ActionsConditionBeing Jump appear am Sleep seems is Swim remain are Act feel was Taste taste were Look look be Some verbs are action or linking depending on whether or not the subject commits the action.

  5. Action verb (A verb that demonstrates an action) • I looked in Mrs. Regan’s house while she was not home. • The subject “I” did the looking with his or her eyes. • Linking verb (A verb that connects the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate) • Mrs. Regan looked angry when she found me in the house. • In this example, Mrs. Regan did not use her eyes to look at anything. It was an observation made by “me.” This is a linking verb. Action verbs are preferable in writing and should be used as often as possible.

  6. Smell • Seem • Grow • Become • Appear • Sound • Taste • Feel • Get • Remain • Stay • Look Common Linking Verbs

  7. Common Helping / Auxiliary Verbs is am are was were be Being Been Do Did Does Has Have Had Should Would Could Will Shall Can May Might must Auxiliary (helping) verbs are used to change the tense of a verb and are part of a verb phrase. The “verb” in the sentence includes not just the action, but also the auxiliary verbs.

  8. A verb is singular if its subject is singular. Singular subjects require singular verbs. • The boy walks down the hallway. (singular) • The confusion, here, is that in the present tense, regular, singular verbs take on an “s” in the third person. • The boys walk down the hallway. (plural) • Just remember, if the subject is singular, so is the verb. Number of a Verb

  9. A verb with a direct object is called transitive. • Mrs. Regan kicked the ladder away from her window. • Chase threwAddison the ball. • Remember, the Direct object is who or what was directly affected by the action. In this case, the BALL. • The indirect object is to whom or for whom the action was done. • A verb without a direct object is called intransitive. • Mr. Hostetler cried all night. Verbs with Objects

  10. Past, present and future are basic tenses that most students use effectively. • The PAST tense requires an –ed on regular verbs. • I walked to work. • Irregular verbs are just annoying and require memorization. • I went to work. (Not I goed to work.) • I swam in the pool. (Not I swimmed) • The “perfect” and “continuous” tenses are more complex requiring one or more helping verbs to create them. • I will have finished this PowerPoint before the students see it. • In this example, there is both a future and a past element to the verb phrase. The action will be completed at a future time, but by the time the “students” see it, it will be something that is in the past. • You will not be expected to identify different tenses, but need to be aware of how to express your ideas in them. Tense Shifts

  11. Present tense indicates something happening right now. It is rarely used in writing. • I go to the store on Mondays. • I walk down the hallway. • Past tense indicates something that happened before. This is most common in writing. • I went to the store on Monday. • I walked down the hallway. • Past Participles are used to create perfect tenses with the help of has, have, had, or will. • I have gone to the store on Mondays. • I have walked down the hallway. • I will have walked down the hallway. Present, Past, Past Participle

  12. With regular verbs, the past tense is created by adding –ed • Past participles are created by adding has or have to the past tense form. • Stalk  stalked  has / have stalked • Walk  walked  has / have walked Regular Verbs

  13. In the “active voice” the subject of the sentence commits the action • Mr. Hostetler’s wife loves him. (active) • Mr. Hostetler is loved by his wife. (passive) • In this example Mr. Hostetler (the subject) is not the one who “loves.” Passive voice usually requires a prepositional phrase that begins with “by” to indicate who is responsible for the action. • The phrase can be “understood” and excluded from the sentence. • Mr. Hostetler is loved. • Use active voice whenever possible Active Vs. Passive Voice

  14. “Verbals” refers to verb forms that are acting as another part of speech. They can act as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. • These can be confusing in writing because they LOOK like verbs, but are not. • Swimming is fun. (Swimming = Noun) • To swim500 yards is challenging. (noun) • The bored student slept in class. (adjective) • Some people find it difficult to swim. (adverb) Verbals

  15. Gerunds are –ing verbs acting as nouns. • GERUNDS ALWAYS END IN –ING. • Running is hard on the knees. (gerund as subject) • Jumping off of a rooftop is dangerous. (gerund phrase as subject) • In high school, I chose swimmingas my favorite sport. (gerund as direct object) • I gave swimming a chance. (gerund as indirect object) • I learned about swimming. (gerund as object of a preposition) Gerunds

  16. Participles may be in past participle form or in –ing form. • To tell the difference between a gerund and a participle, you have to see how the word or phrase is used. • A gerund functions as a noun. A participle functions as an adjective describing a noun. Participles

  17. The woman walking down the street is my wife. • The verb in this sentence is “is.” • The participial phrase “Walking down the street” tells us “which woman” and is describing her. The phrase acts like an adjective. • The sleeping student received a detention. • Sleeping tells WHICH student (adjective) • Bored with the class, the student fell asleep. • Bored with the classtells which student. More participles

  18. Infinitives are easy to spot, but hardest to determine what they are “doing” in the sentence. • Infinitives will always have the word “to” followed by the base form of the verb. • To be, to run, to swim, to sleep, to go, etc. • Infinitives and infinitive phrases can act as nouns, adjectives or adverbs. Infinitives

  19. I love to sleep. (direct object) • To sleep in class is forbidden. (subject) • It is easy to get a Friday. (adverb…It tells what is easy. Easy is an adjective.) • The need to sleep can overtake you in Friday school. (adjective describing need…What kind of need?) Examples of infinitives

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