Zander - Unit 1/Lesson 3

English 3200

Unit 1/Lesson 3

Zander Sargeant

Action Verbs

• An action verb is a verb that carries a sense of movement or an action

• For example, listened would be a action verb because it shows the action of listening

More Action Verb Examples

• Walk

• Talk

• Ride

• Play

• Type

• Run

Is the verb "is" a action verb?

• It is not because the verb "is" does not portray a verb of movement, and it is not a verb that you can physically see people do

Open Ended

List an example of a action verb

First Sentence Pattern

• The first sentence pattern is made up of a subject and a action verb and together, they find a sense of completeness

• Useful Tip: When the Subject and Action Verb make sense without the use of other words, it is apart of the first sentence pattern

A First Sentence Pattern Example

• Sentence: Elise ran.

• Subject: Elise

• Action Verb: Ran (shows the action of running)

2nd Example

• Josh ran.

• Subject: Josh

• Action Verb: Ran (the action of running)

Multiple Choice

Which sentence belongs to the first sentence group?

• The dog jumped

• I have the toy

• The people fed

Open Ended

Write a sentence that belongs to the first sentence pattern group

Complements

• Added after the verb to complete the meaning of the predicate

• (EX) Bob liked the cats

• Cats would be the complement because it completes the meaning of "Bob liked the ..."

1st Type Of Complement: Direct Objects

• The direct object is a complement that is the result of a verb or recieves the action of the verb

• To locate the direct object, it answers "who" or "what"

• The direct object will always be a noun or pronoun

For example,

• (EX) The dog ran to its owner

• Direct Object: Owner

• Why? Because when you ask yourself, "What did the dog run to ," the answer is "owner", which is the direct object

• It is also recieving the action of beiing "ran to"

Multiple Choice

Locate the direct object: "The rain flooded the city"

• City

• Rain

• Flooded

Multiple Choice

Locate the direct object: "Tommy hates eating raisins"

• Tommy

• Hates

• Eating

• Raisins

Second Sentence Pattern

• The second sentence pattern is made up of the Subject, the Action verb, and the Direct Object.

For example,

• "The speaker motivated Peter to be better"

• Subject: Speaker

• Action Verb: Motivated

• Direct Object: Peter

Second Example,

• "Adeline guided the blind father"

• Subject: Adeline

• Action Verb: Guided

• Direct Object: Father

Multiple Choice

Which sentence follows the second sentence pattern? (S-V-DO)

• Christopher fixed the bike

• Mike is a bottle of water

• The dog's jump

• Has a needle

Open Ended

Write a sentence that follows the second sentence pattern

2nd Type Of Complement: Indirect Object

•  An indirect object shows to whom/what something is done or for whom/what something is done

• This will always chronologically come before the direct object

• This is also always a noun/pronoun

• The indirect will never be preceded by a "to" or "from"

First Example,

• "Berry made Nicholas a robot"

• Indirect Object: Nicholas

• Because when you ask yourself, "For whom did Berry make a robot", the answer is Nicholas

Second Example,

• "Early in the morning, Elise baked Bryan cupcakes to take to his birthday party"

• Subject: Elise

• Action Verb: Baked

• Ask yourself, "For whom did Elise bake cupcakes?"

• Indirect Object: Bryan

Multiple Choice

Locate the indirect object.

"She gave the cat a bath before they went away on vacation"

• Cat

• Bath

• Gave

• vacation

Third Sentence Pattern

• The third sentence pattern consists of the Subject, Action Verb, Indirect Object, Direct Object

• This will always be the order words come in for it to be a third sentence pattern

For example,

• (EX) Josh got his cat a toy

• Subject: Josh

• Action Verb: Got

• Indirect Object: Cat

• Direct Object: Toy

2nd Example,

• (EX) The whale gave her child food

• Subject: Whale

• Action Verb: Gave

• Indirect Object: Child

• Direct Object: Food

Multiple Choice

Recap:

"Jean swam to the beach"

The sentence above is a example of the

• 2nd Sentence Pattern

• 1st Sentence Pattern

• 3rd Sentence Pattern

Multiple Choice

Locate the indirect:

"The dog swam across the pool to the owner"

• Swam

• Owner

• Dog

• Pool

Multiple Select

Select all options that pertain to the sentence:

"The teacher offered the student an opportunity to get a better grade"

• Subject: Student

• Direct Object: Opportunity

• Indirect Object: Student

• Indirect Object: Teacher

• Subject: Teacher