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VERBS. Action Words. State Standards. SPI 0601.1.2 Identify the correct use of Verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context. SPI 0601.1.11 Identify sentences with the correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context. I Can….
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VERBS Action Words
State Standards • SPI 0601.1.2 Identify the correct use of Verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context. • SPI 0601.1.11 Identify sentences with the correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.
I Can… • I Can identify the correct use of action verbs.
Action Verbs • 1. Action Verbs show Action. • Examples: • Run • Jump • Skip • Hop • Punch • Kick • Think
Direct Object • 2. Direct object – is a noun or pronoun in the predicate that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question what? Or whom? • Ex. • Mike found a book about dinosaurs. • What did Mike find? A book • Ex. Our class visited a planetarium. • What did our class visit? A planetarium • Direct objects- book and planetarium
Indirect Objects • 3. Indirect Objects – answer the questions To what? For what? To whom? or For whom? after an action verb. • An Indirect Object always comes before the Direct object. • Ex. • Jen gave Elena a telescope. (To whom did Jen give the telescope?) • Elena • Ex. • I gave Ashley the star map. (To whom did you give the star map?) • Ashley
Verb Tenses • 4. Past Tense- shows action that has already happened. Most past tense verbs end in ed. • 5. Present Tense – shows action that is happening now. • 6. Future Tense – shows action that will happen. • Ex. • Jumped jump will jump
Subject Verb Agreement • 7. In the present tense, the subject and the verb must agree in number. • 8. A singular subject must agree with a singular verb. • SINGULAR VERBS end in S. • Ex. He arrives early. • She leaves for work. • Mom cooks supper. • My aunt loves to travel. • 9. In compound subjects joined by or, either, neither, or nor the verb agrees with the subject closest to it.
Subject Verb Agreement • 10. A plural subject agrees with a plural verb. • Ex. • Iarrive early. • They leave for work. • My grandparents cook supper. • Mom and Dad love to travel. • Use plural verbs with : The words I and youand compound subjects joined by and.
Verb Phrases • 11. Verb Phrase = consists of a helping verb and a main verb. • 12. The main verb shows what the subject does or is. • 13. The helping verb helps the main verb show an action. • 14. By itself, a helping verb cannot show action.
Common helping verbs • am, are, is, was, were • be, being, been • have, has, had • do, does, did • will, would • may, might, must • shall, should • can, could
I Can….. • I Can identify linking verbs.
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Linking Verbs • 15. Linking Verbs = is a verb that links the subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate. • 16. Linking verbs DO NOT show action. Some verbs can act as either linking verbs or action verbs. • Ex. • Hanna felt scared. (Linking Verb-Felt links Hanna to scared) • Hanna felt the soft fur. (Action verb)
Common Linking Verbs • am • was • being • feel • smell • are • were • been • appear • stay • is • be • seem • become • taste
Present Progressive Form • 17. Present Progressive – is the form of the verb that tells about an action that is happening right now. • 18. To form the present progressive form use the helping verbs am, is, or are followed by the ing (present participle) form of the verb. • Ex. • I am reading this sentence. • You are writing notes. • He is sitting in English class. • We are enjoying school.
Past Progressive Form • 19. Past Progressive – is the form of the verb that describes an action that was happening sometime in the past. • 20. To form the past progressive form, use the helping verbs was or were. • Ex. • You were wearing diapers several years ago. • I was attending college in Jefferson City. • We were learning about prepositions.
Present Perfect Tense • 21. The present perfect tense of a verb tells about an action that happened in the past. It also tells about an action that began in the past and is STILL happening. • 22. To form the present perfect tense, use the helping verbs have or has followed by a verb ending in d or ed. (past participle) • Ex. • I have traveled to Disney World. • They have played golf for many years. • My parents have been married for 15 years.
Past Perfect Tense • 23. The past perfect tense of a verb tells about one past action that happened before another past action. • 24. To form the past perfect tense use the helping verb hadand the past participle d or ed. • Ex. • People had traveled by horse and buggy before cars. • Before 19oo no one had heard of motorized vehicles. • No one had driven a car in 1900.
Irregular Verbs • 25. Irregular Verbs = do not add d or ed to form the past tense and past participle. • 26. To form the present perfect or past perfect tense of an irregular verb, use the helping verb has, have, or had with the past participle. • The best way to learn irregular verbs is to memorize them. • Ex. • Joan has known Billy for years. • I threw the ball to Jessie. • She had swum in the marathon 20 years ago.
Irregular Verbs • I drink unsweet tea. • I drank Dr. Pepper. • I have drunk Pepsi. • She teaches English. • She taught Social Studies. • She has taught First Grade.