Finding verbs in sentences presentation

1. Finding Verbs In
Sentences
Grammar

2. Step 1: Ask these
questions
What word is
an equal sign?
What is
happening?

3. My mother read my result
slip and smiled.
What is
happening?
What word is
an equal sign?

4. She has been a piano
teacher for twenty years.
What is
happening?
What word is
an equal sign?

5. Our English teacher will
be Mrs. Tan next
semester.
What is
happening?
What word is
an equal sign?

6. The kitten scratched the
sofa.
What is
happening?
What word is
an equal sign?

7. Infinitives Are Fake Verbs
“to” + “verb”
“to play” [The baby wants to play.]
“to eat” [I want to eat chicken rice.]

8. He asked Joanne to help
out at the shop.
Fake Verb!Real Verb

9. I don’t like to watch
musicals.
Fake Verb!Real Verb

10. Our teacher advised us
to revise this chapter
again.Fake Verb!
Real Verb

11. Summary
To find the verb(s) in a sentence, ask,
“What is happening?” [Action verbs]
“What word is an equal sign?” [Linking verbs]
Infinitives (“to” + “verb”) are NOT real verbs.