You already know: Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Subjects Predicates

VERBS: Action and Linking You already know: Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Subjects Predicates You will learn: Action verbs Direct Objects Linking verbs Subject Complements To navigate through the lesson you can either use the icon in the bottom right corner to go to the Table of Content page or you can use the icon, which is also in the bottom right corner, to navigate to the next slide. If you need a vocabulary refresher click on . TC If you need to refresh your memory about these topics please visit the class web site for links to the lessons on these topics TC

VERBS: Table of Content Getting Started Introduction to Verb Types Action Verbs Direct Objects Linking Verbs Subject Complements I have finished.

VERBS: Action and Linking Click on the word to see the definition. Action Verb An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing Linking Verb A linking verb links the subject to a word that describes it or renames it. Direct Object Is the object involved in the action. It answers the questions who or what Subject Complement A word that is after the linking verb, but it refers back to the subject by either describing or renaming the subject. It complements the subject Predicate Adjective Is a word that is in the predicate of the sentence, but it describes the subject of the sentence. Predicate Noun Is a word that is in the predicate of the sentence, but it renames the subject of the sentence

Action, Linking, and Undecided LINKING VERBS ACTION VERBS BOTH Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that either describes it or renames it. Action verbs show the ACTIONS of the subject. appear dance break grow is am feel have create are were taste fix sound run was love become play smell develop will be been remain hold jump seems prove select TC

ACTION VERBS Action verbs describe the ACTION of the subject. These verbs are what you DO He the rock. jumped Ask yourself the questions: What did he do? What did June do? What did Ben do? What did she do? What did it do? June an apple. selected Ben Michael. saw She Jen. hugged It the glass. broke TC

ACTION VERBS: GIVE IT A TRY Click on the word that is the ACTION of the subject. Then watch the orange box to find out if you are correct. Climbed is an action. TRY AGAIN bear tree. The climbed the Eats is an action. TRY AGAIN seafood. eats She Scattered is an action. TRY AGAIN Johnny Bill toys. and scattered the Screamed is an action Ran is an action. TRY AGAIN girls screamed and ran home. The Dyes is an action. TRY AGAIN Chicago green for March 17th. dyes the river TC

DIRECT OBJECTS Direct Objects are the OBJECTS involved in the ACTION They answer the questions WHO or WHAT. ASK THE QUESTIONS He jumped the . rock He jumped WHAT? June selected an . apple June selected WHAT? Ben saw . Michael Ben saw WHO? She hugged WHO? She hugged . Jen It broke the . glass It broke WHAT? TC

DIRECT OBJECTS: GIVE IT A TRY Click on the word that is the OBJECT affected by the action. REMEMBER to ask the question WHO or WHAT. Then watch the orange box to find out if you are correct. Tree is the D.O. TRY AGAIN bear tree. The climbed the Seafood is the D.O. TRY AGAIN seafood. eats She Toys is the D.O. TRY AGAIN Johnny Bill toys. and scattered the TRY AGAIN Home is the D.O. girls screamed and ran home. The River is the D.O. TRY AGAIN Chicago green for March 17th. dyes the river TC

LINKING VERBS Linking verbs LINK the subject to either a word that describes it or renames it. These verbs DON’T show action. He smart. is June a teacher. was Ben and James friends. are She a junior. will be It a butterfly after several months. became TC

GIVE IT A TRY: LINKING VERBS Click on the word that is the linking verb. You will hear an applause if your correct or a bomb if you need to try again. ball The is bright blue. Mrs. Smith will be forty next month. Barry Bonds became baseball player. a tired. The dog seems very for three years. Lauren has been a diver TC

SUBJECT COMPLEMENT There are two types of subject complements, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns. Predicate Adjectives Are words that are located anywhere after the linking verb, but they DESCRIBE the SUBJECT of the sentence. He is smart. The word SMART describes the subject HE. Ben looks happy. The word HAPPY describes the subject BEN. Predicate Noun Are nouns that are located anywhere after the linking verb, but they give another name for the subject. June was a teacher. JUNE and TEACHER are both nouns that name who June is. SHE and JUNIOR are both nouns that tell who She is. She will be a junior. TC

GIVE IT A TRY Decided whether the word in blue is a predicate adjective or a predicate noun Peter is cool. Predicate Adjective Predicate Noun Mother was a writer. Predicate Adjective Predicate Noun lizards. Newts and geckos are Predicate Adjective Predicate Noun The flower will be beautiful. Predicate Adjective Predicate Noun It became a to dance. ritual Predicate Adjective Predicate Noun TC

Congratulations You have completed the opening lesson on Action and Linking Verbs. What should you do now? You could go back to the Table of Content to review a confusing topic. You can go on to the UNDECIDED VERBS lesson to learn tips on telling the difference between verbs that can be both action and linking verbs You can move on to your VERBS FOUR LEVEL, which will test your knowledge of the topics learned TC EXIT START OVER

You already know: Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Subjects Predicates