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Unit 10 Verbs. 7 th Grade Language Arts Ms. Smith . 10.1 ACTION VERBS. An action verb is a word that names an action. It may contain more than one word. Examples of physical: write, block, tackle, attack, catch, charge. Examples of mental: remember, honor.
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Unit 10 Verbs 7th Grade Language Arts Ms. Smith
10.1 ACTION VERBS • An action verb is a word that names an action. It may contain more than one word. • Examples of physical: write, block, tackle, attack, catch, charge. • Examples of mental: remember, honor. • Sports experts write about athletes.
10.2 Transitive and intransitive verbs A direct object receives the action of a verb. It answers the question “whom? Or what?” after an action verb. • Example: The team carried gloves and bats into the stadium. A transitive verb has a direct object. • Example: The punter kicks the football. (Kicks what? Football) An intransitive verb does not have a direct object. • Example: The team played well. (Does not answer “whom?” or “what?”)
10.3 verbs with indirect objects An indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom? an action is done. • Example: Kobe Bryant shows his teammates new shots. • The direct object in this sentence is shots. • The indirect object is teammates. • Example: The helper gives the players towels. (players is the indirect object). • Example: The helper gives towels to the players. (no indirect object).
10.4 linking verbs and predicate verbs A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or an adjective in the predicate. • Example: Travis Hoffman was the manager. (was is a linking verb). • Common linking verbs: be, become, seem, appear, look, grow, taste, feel, smell, sound) A predicate noun is a noun that follows a linking verb. It tells what the subject is. • Example: Caitlyn is a pitcher. (pitcher is a predicate noun.)
10.4 linking verbs and predicate words (continued) A predicate adjective is an adjective (word that describes) that follows a linking verb. It describes the subject by telling what it is like. • Example: The pitcher is skillful. (Skillful is a predicate adjective. It describes the pitcher).
10.5 Present, Past, and future tenses • A tense of a verb tells when an action takes place. The present tense of a verb names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. • Singular examples: • I race. • You race. • She races. The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened. • Examples: The runner trained hard. I He gained fame as an athlete.
Homework 5/13/14 • Skip 6 pages in your notes. • On your next clean page, write: • Lesson 10.3 Exercise 5 Page 404 • Write the first sentence: • The tournament sometimes attracts good athletes. • If the sentence contains a direct object, underline it once. If it contains an indirect object underline it twice. • The tournament sometimes attracts good athletes. (D.O) • The university gave the tournament its support. • The university gave the tournament its support. (tournament I.O.; support D.O). • HW Page 404 Ex 5 #1-20. Due Wednesday.