Verbs 3

VERBS
Sandra Boyd
Verbs show action or state of being.
Examples: go, is
An action verb expresses a physical or mental action.

Example: He paints.
We thought about it.
An action verb is a word that names an action. It may contain more than one word.
Notice the following action verbs.

Sports experts write about the football player Jim Thorpe even today. Thorpe blocked like a tank. He tackled like a tornado. In every game Thorpe attacked his opponents with all his might. He caught the ball skillfully and charged ahead fearlessly. Experts still remember and honor Thorpe’s greatness.
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An action verb can express physical actions, such as writing and running, or mental activities such as thinking and honoring.
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write
block
tackle
catch
charge
Mental
remember
honor
prefer
excel
regarded
Activity 1
GUM WORKBOOK
PAGES 46-47
LINKING
VERBS
Linking Verbs and Predicate Words
A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or an adjective in the predicate.


John McGraw was the manager.
Linking verbs tell what the subject is or is like.
Linking Verb
Subject
Predicate Noun
Common Linking Verbs
be become
grow
seem turn
appear taste
look feel
smell sound
Many of these linking verbs can also be used as action verbs.
Chandra turned thirteen. (Linking Verb)
The car turned the corner. (Action Verb)
Predicate Nouns
Sam is a pitcher.

Susan was our best player.

Will you be my friend?
A predicate noun follows a linking verb. It tells what the subject is.
Predicate Adjectives
Samantha is beautiful.

Susan was bored with sports.

Will the game be interesting?
A predicate adjective follows a linking verb. It describes the subject by telling what it is like.
Activity 2
GUM WORKBOOK
PAGE 48
HELPING
VERBS
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Verbs have four principal parts that are used to form all tenses. The chart below show how the principal parts of most verbs are formed..
Principal Parts of Verbs
The principal parts of verbs are often combined with helping verbs to form verb phrases.
Helping Verbs Defined
A helping verb is a verb that helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement.
Helping Verbs List
is have should shall
was has could will
were had would do
are did
am may does
be might can
been, being must
A verb phrase consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb.
Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases
In the sentence above, the word are is the helping verb, and the present participle jumping is the main verb. Together they form a verb phrase.
A verb phrase consists of one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb.
The students are jumping rope now.
Activity 3
GUM WORKBOOK
PAGES 49
MEMORIZE HELPING VERBS
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
Transitive Verbs
Transitive verbs have direct objects.
Direct objects receive the action of a verb. It answers the question whom?
or what? after an action verb.




The quarterback throws the football.
what?
Action Verb
Direct Object
Intransitive Verbs
Sometimes an action verb does not have a direct object. Then the verb is intransitive.


The singer sang well.

In the above sentence , well does not answer the question whom? or what?.

Action Verb
Verbs with Indirect Objects
An indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom? an action is done

Michael Jordan shows his teammates new shots.
Action Verb
what?
Direct Object
to whom?
Indirect object
Activity 4
GUM WORKBOOK
PAGES 50-51
VERB TENSE
A present tense of a verb names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth.
Present, Past, and Future Tenses
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
Present Tense Forms
Singular
I race.
You race.
He, she, or it races.
Plural
We race.
You race.
They race.
A past tense of a verb names an action already happened.
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
Past Tense Forms
Singular
I raced.
You raced.
He, she, or it raced.
Plural
We raced.
You raced.
They raced.
The past tense of many verbs is formed by adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
A future tense of a verb names an action that will take place in the future.
Future Tense Forms
Singular
I will (shall) go.
You will go.
He, she, or it will go.
Plural
We will (shall) go.
You will go.
They will go.
In the future tense the word will is used with the verb. Sometimes shall is used when the pronoun I or we is the subject.
Helping Verbs Tense
Present
am – is - are
Past
was -were
Past Participle
have – has - had
Combine with the present participle form of the verb.
Combine with the past participle form of the verb.
Write the Present Participle, Past, and Past Participle form of the following verbs.
Make 4 columns.
1. dance 2. fly 3. score
4. run 5. adjust 6. break
7. sing 8. bounce
9. profit 10. drive
Activity 8
Helping Verbs – Past Participle Using Have, Has, Had