Verbs!

Verbs!

Poll

How comfortable are you with identifing Verbs in a sentence?

• very comfortable

• comfortable

• not comfortable

What is a Verb?

• A verb is the action of the sentence. It shows what someone or something is doing.

Multiple Select

Which of these picture represents a verb?

What is a subject in a Sentence?

• A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person or thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence.

What is Subject-Verb Agreement?

• Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).

• if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the verb to match each subject.

The boys

• see

• sees

Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

•  The main verb in a sentence shows action or a state of being. Those that show action are called action verbs

•  those that show state of being are called linking verbs. 

• The dog ran back home. In this sentence, ran shows an action. 

•  My pet is a dog. In this sentence, is shows a state of being. 

Multiple Select

Is the following verb and action verb or a linking verb?

worked

• Action

• Linking

Multiple Select

Is the following verb and action verb or a linking verb?

were

• Action

• Linking

Practice!!!

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the verb to match each subject.

The cats

• naps

• nap

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form of the verb to match each subject.

You

• jump

• jumps

Multiple Select

Which of the following are action verbs?

• sing

• desk

• boy

• pencil

Multiple Select

Which of the following are action verbs?

• paintbrush

• smiled

• dishes

• monkey

Multiple Select

Is the following verb and action verb or a linking verb?

Talk

• Action

• Linking

Multiple Select

Is the following verb and action verb or a linking verb?

are

• Action

• Linking