Verbs and Adverbs

Parts of Speech:
Verbs
and
Adverbs

​Action verbs will show ACTION or what a noun is DOING.

Juan ran down the hall.

Mrs. Pepelea told him to stop.

"To stop" is a verb form called infinitive.

Action Verbs

Helping verbs are verbs that help other verbs connect in a sentence.

Solomon will take the test.

We should use our notes to study.

Helping Verbs

Linking verbs will link the subject of a sentence to an adjective or another noun or pronoun.

Deku seems happy with students.
She is my student.

Linking Verb

​Verbs: words that show action or state of being

Class Practice:
Let's identify the types of verbs in each sentence.

1. Kahlis ran at her meet this weekend.

2. We had wished her luck the night before.

3. Yair was sad because he was going out of town during the meet.

4. Other athletes practiced on their own this weekend.

5. The weather was too hot to do much though.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words in the sentence is a verb
Jersey took a math test in math class.

• Jersey

• took

• math

• class

Multiple Select

Which of the following words in the sentence is a verb
She was happy because she got an A. (SELECT TWO)

• She

• was

• because

• got

Multiple Select

Which of the following words in the sentence is a verb
Her family went to a restaurant to celebrate. (SELECT TWO)

• her

• went

• restaurant

• celebrate

Adverbs will "modifiy" or describe a verb.
It will explain HOW something was done or answer when, where, and how often something was done.

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What are adverbs?

Class Practice:
Let's identify the adverbs in each sentence.

1. Faithlynn passed the volleyball suddenly.
   

2. Vanessa reached out and spiked the ball.
   

3. Ziannie smacked the volleyball hard.
   

4. Their team played well and easily won the match.

Multiple Choice

Which choice in the following sentence is an adverb:

Addy finished her homework last night.

• Addy

• her homework

• last night

• her

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb:

She emailed her teacher immediately.

• she

• her

• teacher

• immediately

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb:

Ms. Eckerley will have your grade updated soon.

• Ms. Eckerley

• will have

• your grade

• soon