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verbs What is a verb? A verb expresses ACTION! It also expresses a state of BEING (verb to be: IS ,ARE) It tells you what the subject (sujeto) is doing.

What is a verb?

A verb expresses ACTION!

It also expresses a state of BEING (verb to be: IS ,ARE)

It tells you what the subject (sujeto) is doing.

Verbs can be of: Action Linking ¬¬ … an action verb… EXPRESSES ACTION! :D linking verbs… DO NOT EXPRESS ACTION. Instead, they connect the subject of a verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the examples below: Mario IS a computer hacker. IS, is an action? How do you is? YOU CANT!!!! You can buy, run, jump… but you can’t is… so IS connects the subject (Mario) to the additional information about him.

Action

Linking

¬¬ … an action verb… EXPRESSES ACTION!

:D linking verbs… DO NOT EXPRESS ACTION. Instead, they connect the subject of a verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the examples below:

Mario IS a computer hacker.

IS, is an action? How do you is? YOU CANT!!!! You can buy, run, jump… but you can’t is… so IS connects the subject (Mario) to the additional information about him.

Types of verbs A verb can be TRANSITIVE or INTRANSITIVE A verb is transitive when it NEEDS a direct object for the sentence to be understood… for example: Pedrito buys. Does it make sense?... NOOOO!! Why? Because it does not say what Pedrito is buying. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! If we say what he buys, then the sentence makes sense!! Pedrito buys a sweater. This is what I get for asking advice form my grandma

A verb can be TRANSITIVE or INTRANSITIVE

A verb is transitive when it NEEDS a direct object for the sentence to be understood… for example:

Pedrito buys.

Does it make sense?... NOOOO!! Why? Because it does not say what Pedrito is buying. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! If we say what he buys, then the sentence makes sense!!

Pedrito buys a sweater.

A verb is In transitive when it DOESN’T NEED a direct object for the sentence to be understood… For example: Sheryl sneezes with violence. If we eliminate “with violence” will it make sense? YES!!! With violence is an adverb, but don’t worry we wont see adverb until next class :P… so the final sentece will be… Sheryl sneezes. See? No need for a direct object. :D

A verb is In transitive when it DOESN’T NEED a direct object for the sentence to be understood… For example:

Sheryl sneezes with violence.

If we eliminate “with violence” will it make sense? YES!!! With violence is an adverb, but don’t worry we wont see adverb until next class :P… so the final sentece will be…

Sheryl sneezes.

See? No need for a direct object. :D

Auxiliary verbs They help the main verb. The most common are: Do Does Did Be Was Am Is Are Was were Have Has Had

They help the main verb.

The most common are:

Do

Does

Did

Be

Was

Am

Is

Are

Was were

Have

Has

Had

Verb phrases is made up of a verb and its auxiliaries. It functions only as a predicate. For example: I have been reading about dogs in Biology class. verb phrase: have been reading Dude!, you’re cheating!!

is made up of a verb and its auxiliaries. It functions only as a predicate. For example:

I have been reading about dogs in Biology class.

verb phrase: have been reading

EXTRA RESOURCES You can check out these web pages for more… http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/verb.htm http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/actionverb.htm http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/linkingverb.htm This is a cool video about verbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok Here’s a game about verbs: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html

You can check out these web pages for more…

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/verb.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/actionverb.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/linkingverb.htm

This is a cool video about verbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok

Here’s a game about verbs:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html