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VERBS – Unit 3 6 th Grade. By: Angélica Guerra , MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy Collated with Houghton Mifflin – English 6. VERB: The main word in the predicate / The simple predicate ACTION VERB: What the subject does or did
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VERBS – Unit 36th Grade By: Angélica Guerra, MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy Collated with Houghton Mifflin – English 6
VERB: The main word in the predicate / The simple predicate • ACTION VERB: What the subject does or did • I cook dinner. - Ann grabbed an apple. • Action can be: • PHYSICAL: can be seen (I eat soup.) • MENTAL or EMOTIONAL: cannot be seen (I want a dog. / The boy studies his lesson.)
VERB PHRASE: A verb that is made up of more than ONE word • VERB PHRASE is made up of: • MAIN VERB– the verb that expresses the action or being • HELPING VERBS– work with the main verb and don’t show any action EX: Bill has eatenhis dinner. / I would have gone home! Memorize list of Helping Verbs on p. 120.
Some verbs can be a MAIN VERB in one sentence and a HELPING VERB in another. • MAIN VB.= I did my work yesterday. • HELPING VB.= I didseeyou at the mall. • In questions the verb parts may be separated. May I go with you? / Should we eat now?
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERBS lessons 3 & 4 • TRANSITIVE VB.=A verb that SENDS its action to a noun or pronoun • DIRECT OBJECT = The noun or pronoun that RECEIVES the action The teacher writes a letter. • INTRANSITIVE VB.=A verb that DOESN’T send its action anywhere (no Direct Object) The teacher writes.
Make sentences: some Transitive & others Intransitive (ask the proper question on each) Abigail
DIRECT OBJECT - lesson 3 • A noun or pronoun that tells WHO or WHAT receives the action of the verb. • We climbed Mt. Rainer. • D.O. may be a noun or pronoun. • The doctor helped Ana. • The doctor helped her. • D.O. may be compound (more than 1) • The bear eats berries and fish.
Tell if the sentence is Transitive or Intransitive; if transitive, identify the D.O. • My golden retriever runs a lot. • She eats biscuits and fruit. • She barks all day long. • I made dinner for her. • I took her and my friend Kathy to the museum.
Make a sentence with D.O. (for extra points – more than one D.O.)
BEING VERBS • Show what the subject is or is like. Ana seems tired. The janitor was tired. See and memorize: common Being Verbs on page 129 • A BEING verb is often a LINKING verb – It links the subject to a word in the predicate. • The word it is linked to is either: • Predicate Noun • My mom is a doctor. • Predicate Adjective • My mom is tired.
LINKING VERB: Links or connects the subject to another word in the PREDICATE • PREDICATE NOUN: Renames the subject Quinoa is a grain. / It was a popular food for the Incas. • PREDICATE ADJECTIVE: Describes subject It is delicious. / This grain tastes good.
LINKING • The pilot looks young. • Lucy smelled sweaty. ACTION • The boy looks at the dog. • I smelled the rose. • Tell if the verb is ACTION or LINKING: • The new girl has become my friend. • The project appears copied. • The teacher tasted the soup. • It tasted too salty. • Jan feels the surface of the table.
Make 2 sentences with LINKING verbs– one with predicate noun or predicate adjective:
Tense means WHEN the action or state of being takes place. • PRESENT: Is happening now • Remember: 3rd person singular – add –s • He sings a song. Steve laughs. Maria smells the rose. • PAST: Already happened • FUTURE: Is going to happen
A verb and its subject MUST agree in number • Singular verb = singular subject An ant crawls. • Plural verb = plural subject Three ant crawl. • The verb BE doesn’t follow the usual rules. • Check chart on page 144
Make a sentence with the proper form of BE the teacher will tell you:
When joining subject with words such as OR, EITHER…OR, or NEITHER…NOR, the verb may be singular or plural. • Plural verb: if both subjects are plural. • The dogs and catswere both eating. • Singular verb: if both subjects are singular. • Neither Jim nor Steve is here.
Verb Agrees with the SUBJECT CLOSEST: When ONE subject is singular and ONE is plural. • Either the twins or Marc issinging today. • Either Marc or the twins aresinging today. ****Choose the correct verb:**** • Ana or my parent ______ taking me to church. • Neither the sixthgraders nor Mr. Cortes ____ here.
Make a sentence that requires subject-verb agreement (help yourself with the previous 2 slides):
INVERTED SENTENCE – The subject IS NOT at the beginning. • When a sentence begins with HERE or THERE, the verb MUST also agree with the subject. • To find the subject, ask: WHOorWHAT IS HERE? • Here is the book. (What is here?) • There are my friends! (Who is here?)
Sometimes the verb is shortened in the cont. • Notice that the apostrophe goes where the letter is missing: We are = we’re I am – I’m • Often a verb and NOT are combined. • NOT is not part of the verb! Ana isn’t coming today. / Ana is not coming today.