• Expresses physical action

• Connects a subject to a word that renames, identifies, or describes it. 

Describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• Compares two items or actions.

• Compares three or more items or actions. 

Where you introduce your claim or position on an argument

• Where you provide analysis, reasons, and evidence to support your claim 

• Where you restate your claim or position on an argument. 

• Brief stories that illustrate a point 

• Slowly changing or developing 

• Wanting to return to happy times of the past. 

• Out of date 

• Moving forward 

Our dog Lucky barks at Alice

Dad watered the garden.

Directions: Identify the action verbs in each sentence. Choose all that apply.

The sun shines in the sky.

Our mothers chat across the street.

The baby babbles quietly in his stroller.

We ate the dinner and walked around the park.

The teacher reads a book to her students then asks them questions about the story

Which among the pictures displays an action verb?

Which among the pictures displays an action verb?

Action verbs...

Is the underlined verb an action or linking verb?

Stacy looked everywhere for her missing sock.

Is the underlined verb an action or linking verb?

The eggs smell rotten.

Our pitcher appears very nervous today.

The home team was the winner.

Select A if the verb is an action verb.

Select L if it is a linking verb.

Myths and tales often SEEM true.

Some words can be an action verb or a linking verb, depending on context of the sentence.

What is the Linking Verb in the following sentence?

She appears happy in her new home.

I hope tomorrow will be ... than today.

The big backpack is ... than the small backpack

Last night my brother told me the …….. story that I have ever heard.

My class is ... than yours.

Your ramen noodle is ... than mine.