Verbs in the Predicate

Verbs in the Predicate

Predicate

The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells more.

The predicate will begin with a verb.

2 Kinds of Verbs

action verb: words that show action

special verb: verbs that don't show action

Action Verbs: words that show action

Examples of action verbs:

go. jump. sing. dance. ran. sat. loved. looked. raced. barked. moved. makes. build. cook. played. smiles. eats. drank. read. wrote. watched. listens. colored. draws. rolls. fell. hops. thinks. says. celebrate.

What are other action verbs you can think of?

Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

She loved her book.

• She

• loved

• book

Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

The kitten drank milk

• drank

• milk

• the kitten

Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

The kids rolled down the hill.

• kids

• hill

• rolled

Special Verbs: verbs that don't show action

Example of special verbs:

am, is, are

was, were,

being, been, be

have, has, had,

do, does, did,

shall, should, will, would,

may, might, must,

can, could

Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

The sky is blue.

• is

• blue

• sky

Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

He was tired.

• he

• was

• tired

Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

They were awesome.

• awesome

• they

• were

Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

I am excited.

• I

• excited

• am

Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

Robert does his homework.

• does

• Robert

• his homework

Sometimes, the predicate can have BOTH a special verb and an action verb.

Examples:

Allen can dance.

John might go tomorrow.

They should write the instructions.

Mia and I were baking cookies.

He was drawing a sunset.

Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

She can go to the party.

• can

• go

• can go

• party

Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

The boys played outside.

• played outside

• played

• outside

Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

Cheryl read a book.

• book

• read a book

• read

Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

Ricky was eating a burger.

• was

• eating

• was eating

• burger

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The predicate could have a special verb, action verb, or both!

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Awesome, beautiful, tired, and blue are examples of verbs.

• True! They are action words.

• False! They are describing words.