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Verb Notes

Verb Notes. Linking Verb. A linking verb connects a sentence’s subject with a noun or an adjective in the predicate. Grabbbbs State of Being Sensory G row am feel R emain is smell

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Verb Notes

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  1. Verb Notes

  2. Linking Verb A linking verb connects a sentence’s subject with a noun or an adjective in the predicate. Grabbbbs State of Being Sensory Grow am feel Remain is smell Appear are sound Be was look Being were taste Been Become Seem

  3. Action Verb An action verb is a word that describes what someone or something does. An action verb names an action. Example: attract, reach, jump, hop, think, roam, falls

  4. Verb Practice Write the sentence underline the verb twice and then write AV-action verb or LV for linking verb after the sentence. • Dogs are popular pets. are-LV 2. Many dogs use their tails for communication. use- AV 3. A dog’s tail expresses playfulness or fear. expresses-AV 4. Most colors appear gray to them. appear-LV 5. Dogs seem sensitive to sounds. seem-LV

  5. Predicate Noun; Predicate Adjective • The predicate word tells what a sentence’s subject is or is like. • Predicate noun tells what the subject is -The avocadois a fruit. PN • Predicate Adjective tells what the subject is like. -This avocadoisripe. PA

  6. PN, PA Practice • Snakesare very interesting animals. PN • Not all of them are poisonous. allarepoisonous PA 3. Earth is home to more than 2000 species of snakes. Earthis home PN • About a dozen snake species are rare. speciesarerare PA • One endangered snake is the indigo. oneisindigo PN

  7. Direct Object A direct object receives the action from the verb. It answers the question what? or whom? after an action verb. Not every sentence has a direct object.

  8. Indirect Object An indirect object comes after the action verb and before the direct object. An indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom?

  9. Transitive Verb • An action verb that is followed by a direct object. • The polar bears /eat fish. • Intransitive Verb • An action verb that is not followed by a direct object. • The polar bears /eat slowly. What How

  10. Helping Verb A helping verb is a verb that helps the main verb express an action or make a statement. Example: am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, and will.

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