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Verbs

Verbs . A presentation by Hannah Brownlee and Eveie Godino . What is a verb? . Basically, it’s shows action . Verbs can be words like run, jump, eat, drive, etc. I n order to be proper, all sentences MUST contain a verb and a noun/subject.

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Verbs

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  1. Verbs A presentation by Hannah Brownlee and Eveie Godino

  2. What isa verb? • Basically, it’s shows action. Verbs can be words like run, jump, eat, drive, etc. • In order to be proper, all sentences MUST contain a verb and a noun/subject. • Example: The sentence “I am.” Is considered to be a complete sentence, because it contains a verb and a noun/subject.

  3. Verbs and Their Subjects. • Some verbs can support a sentence by them selves, these are called intransitive. Others, require a sentence to make them complete. Those would be called transitive. • Example: • Transitive – “She gave money to the church.” • Intransitive – “The building collapsed.” • However, you can not always tell which one it may be just from looking at it, because sometimes, a verb can be both! • Example: • "The monster collapsed the building by sitting on it."

  4. Subject-Verb Agreement • Verbs must agree with their person, being whatever point of view they are being spoken from. There are three point of views: first, second and third person. • Some first person pronouns are things like: I, me, we, and us. They usually address the name of the speaker. • Second person pronouns will always address someone else directly, usually using “you”. • And third person pronouns will refer directly to others using: he, she, it, they, and them. • Some singular pronouns will require different verbs than others.

  5. More on Subject-Verb Agreement • Verbs must agree with their numbers, numbers meaning whether their noun/subject is singular or plural. • Don’t be confused, use the rule of 1-S!! • Rule of 1-S says: • If the noun/subject end’s in –s or –es, then the verb will not, also, if the verb ends in –s, the noun/subject will not! • “Either the subject or the verb will end in -s--but not both.” See? Simple!

  6. It’s finite. • Next up, we have finite and non-finite verbs. • Finite verbs can stand alone as the main verb in a sentence, and express being. • Example: • The truck demolished the restaurant. • The leaves were yellow and sickly. • Non-finite(also called a verbal) verbs can be thought of as “unfinished.” They can not be left with out a main subject. • Example: • The broken window . . . • The wheezing gentleman . . . What are they doing?

  7. Grand Finale! • Ok, so, what did we learn? • Well, verbs are made for action, end of story. • Some verbs can stand alone, while others depend on a subject. • That verbs must agree with their subjects, and numbers. • And that the sentence “I am” is the shortest sentence in the English language, because it has a verb, and noun/subject!

  8. And the verbs lived happily ever after! Thanks for watching! Any questions?

  9. Ye Olde Citations and Stuff. • 2012. "verb." The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. 2002. eLibrary. Web. 01 Oct. Click here for URL Link to cite. 1 • "Verbs (Subject-Verb Agreement)." Verbs (Subject-Verb Agreement). N.p., 17 Nov. 2010. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. Click here for URL link to cite. 2 • Jan Frudesen, Janet Egring. “Verbs and Verbals.” CCC.COMMNET.CCCFoundation,2002.Web.02/10/12. Click here for URL link to cite. 3 • Chris Berry, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli. “Welcome to the Purdue OWL.” Purdue OWL: Verb Tenses. Purdue University, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. Click here for URL link to cite. 4

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