Verbs

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A describing word

• An action word

• A word that connects two ideas or sentences

​Verbs -- An Action!

• ​Most verbs are action words.

  • kick, run, jump, study, play​

• They tell us what the nouns are doing.

  • ​The kittens drink milk.

    • ​Some are present tense (happening now!)

  • ​​Batman rescued the boy.

  • ​The team ran laps.

    • ​Some are past tense (happened in the past!)

Multiple Choice

Find the verb: Gary the Snail watched Spongebob with question. 

• Gary

• watched

• with

• question

Poll

Are all verbs action words?

• YES!

• NO!

​Status/Linking Verbs + Helping Verbs

• ​Some verbs describe a status or link an idea.

  • ​The girl is happy.

    • ​"Is" = a verb here because it tells us the girl's status or linking her to happiness.

• Some verbs are used to help get a certain idea across.

  • ​My brother could be going with us.

    • ​"Could be going" is all part of the verb phrase.

Multiple Choice

Find the verb: There are several new students this year. 

• there

• are

• new

• year

Multiple Choice

What is the entire verb phrase?

My mom should be arriving soon.

• should

• should be

• should be arriving

• arriving

Multiple Choice

Identify the main verb:

My sister is turning twelve this year. 

• is 

• turning

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