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Verbs

Verbs. Helping Verbs reviewing action/linking verbs. There are 3 different kinds of verbs. linking. action. helping. An action verb shows action. It tells what the subject of the sentence does. Action Verbs Bill hit the ball. The cat purred softly. I walk to school.

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Verbs

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  1. Verbs Helping Verbs reviewing action/linking verbs

  2. There are 3 different kinds of verbs linking action helping

  3. An action verb shows action. It tells what the subject of the sentence does.

  4. Action Verbs Bill hit the ball. The cat purred softly. I walk to school. Susan spoke to me.

  5. A linking verblinks the subject to the predicate. It does show action. not

  6. Common Linking Verbs am is are was were be been seems feels tastes

  7. Linking Verbs We are hungry. He was late to school. The winner is Johnny. The rose smells good.

  8. A helping verbhelps a main verb. • The helping verb comes before the main verb. • Both of them together are called the verb phrase.

  9. Helping/Main Verbs I ameating my lunch. Ed hastaken the test. We weretalking.

  10. They are watching television. • verb phrase: • are=helping watching=main • Frank was tired after work. • verb phrase: • was=helping tired=main are watching was tired

  11. My dad drove his car to the store. • Verb: • What kind? • Finding Nemo is her favorite movie. • Verb: • What kind? drove action is linking

  12. Ann was cooking dinner in the kitchen. Verb phrase? was cooking Helping? was Main? cooking

  13. The boys were playing in the park. Verb phrase? were playing Helping? were Main verb? playing

  14. Randy is studying his science vocabulary. Verb phrase? is studying Helping? is Main verb? studying

  15. We have learned a lot about verbs. Verb phrase? have learned Helping? have Main verb? learned

  16. Great job!

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