Verbs, verbs, verbs

Verbs, verbs, verbs

Is meow a verb?

The Verb

You already know that the verb is one of the parts of a sentence base. It helps to make a statement about the subject.

*Some verbs do this by expressing the action of the subject.

Example: The girl ran.

*Other verbs help to make a statement without expressing action.

Example: They are good.

Action Verbs

The action expressed by a verb may be physical action or mental action.

Physical - jump, shout, carry

Mental - worry, think, believe, imagine

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?
I believe it will rain today.

• believe
• will
• rain
• today

Multiple Choice

An action verb ......

• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.
• helps the main verb in the sentence.
• is the action the subject of the sentence is doing.
• is a person, place, or thing.

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?
My mother carried the platter.

• My
• mother
• carried
• platter

Multiple Choice

Is the underlined word is an action verb?

Drew became very hungry after his football game.

• True

• False

Linking Verbs

Many verbs do not express action. Instead, they help to make a statement by acting as links between a subject, which normally comes before the verb, and a word in the predicate, which usually follows the verb. These are called LINKING VERBS!

For example: The kitty IS sleeping.

The verb most commonly used as a linking verb is the verb BE.

• Am

• Is

• Are

• Was

• Were

There are several other verbs that are often used as linking verbs:

• seem, appear, look

• become, grow

• taste, feel, smell, sound

• remain, stay

Multiple Choice

The word "sleep" is a linking verb.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

The word "was" is a linking verb.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is the Linking Verb in the following Sentence?

The house is brown and white.

• brown

• white

• house

• is

Multiple Choice

What are common examples of linking verbs?

• to be (am, are, is)

• to become

• to appear

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the linking verb in the sentence?
The glass looked dirty.

• The
• glass
• looked
• dirty

Most linking verbs can also be used as action verbs. Whether the verb is used to express action or to link verbs depends on its meaning in a given sentence.

Examples:

Linking: The tiger looked tame.

Action: The tiger looked for something to eat.

Linking: The soup tasted good.

Action: I tasted the soup.

Multiple Choice

I am a better reader this year

• linking
• action

Multiple Choice

The girl was frightened.

• action
• linking

Multiple Choice

Is the verb action or linking?
My father made a bookshelf for me.

• action
• linking

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Is the verb action or linking?

The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.

• action

• linking

Multiple Choice

Is the verb action or linking?

My new game is awesome.

• action

• linking

Helping Verbs

One word verbs are often called the MAIN VERBS. Without MAIN VERBS there could be no sentences. Sometimes the MAIN VERB is accompanied by other verbs called HELPING VERBS.

HELPING VERBS = VERB PHRASES

Each of the main verbs is made into a verb phrase through the use of helping verbs.

For example:

Main verb: crawl

Verb phrase: will crawl

Main verb: listen

Verb phrase: have been listening

Commonly used helping verbs:

am, is, are, was, were

has, have, had

shall, should, must

will, would, do

can, could, did

may, might, does

The verb BE!

The verb be in its various forms is the most frequently used helping verb. BE used as a helping verb is easy to distinguish from be used as a linking verb. When be is used as a helping verb, there is always a main verb with it. When be is a linking verb, it IS the main verb.

Example:

Helping: are found

Linking: are

Verb phrase example:

He is making music important to young people.

Multiple Choice

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

The train should be coming around the corner any minute.

• should be

• should be coming

• be

• The train

Multiple Choice

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

I am running a huge race this weekend.

• running

• am running

• race

• I am running

Multiple Choice

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

During the novels, Harry is learning things about magic and his past.

• magic

• past

• is learning

• During

Multiple Choice

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

Find the verb or verb phrase in the following sentences.

Harry Potter is a series of novels and films.

• is

• Harry

• Potter

• and

Multiple Choice

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.

• linking
• action
• helping
• main verb

Multiple Choice

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Kayle is a bright student.

• helping
• linking
• action
• main verb

Multiple Choice

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
The strong winds blew down the old tree.

• action
• linking
• helping
• main verb

Multiple Choice

A helping verb.....

• helps the main verb.
• is the action of the sentence.
• describes the noun in the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.