2. DEFINITION OF VERB
• A verb is a word that expresses an action or
state of being.
3. A complete sentence needs to
have…
SUBJECT + VERB (predicate) =
sentence
Joe /ran to the school bus.
What other things does a
complete sentence need?
4. Do you think that a verb is always located in the
same place in a sentence?
Is a verb only one word?
• Joe ran to the school bus.
• After the movie, we went to Five Guys for a
burger.
• Raise your hand!
• “I like cheese,” stated Pamela.
• Should he have been in class yesterday?
• They did not help us with our narrative.
5. The correct answer is…no
• Phillip turned on his computer and
logged onto his email account.
• Aidan is going to his hockey game in
Medfield, and Emily is playing at the high
school.
• Open up your present and throw out the
paper.
7. ACTION VERBS
• An action verb expresses a physical
or mental action.
• It tells what the subject DOES.
• The boys jump across the stream.
• She thinks about her vacation.
8. An action verb expresses a physical
or mental action.
• Mental
• remember
• honor
• prefer
• dream
• thought
• Physical
• write
• block
• tackle
• catch
• charge
9. argue carry celebrate clean climb
pat count dream cry dig
drink swim drive drop exhale
eat examine fold jump knock
crawl laugh listen spell open
paint point duck search shake
dig sing sleep look appear
growl sweep talk tap hover
grow walk wash wave wiggle
Let’s PLAY action verb charades.
10. Is it a physical or a mental action?
The boy walked into the classroom.
The puppy loves its stuffed toy.
I thought about my English grade.
We dreamed about taking a vacation.
They shouted at the players on the
field.
11. LINKING VERBS
• A linking verb helps to make a statement by
“linking” the subject to a word in the
predicate.
Ms. Caprio is pulchritudinous. (No, this does not mean old.)
Mr. Millard became a math teacher.
12. Forms of the verb “to be” are most
commonly used as linking verbs
am be
is being
are been
was
were
13. argue carry celebrate clean climb
am count is cry dig
drink are drive drop was
eat examine fold jump knock
were laugh listen be open
paint point being search shake
been sing sleep look appear
become sweep talk think seem
grow walk wash wave remain
Find the words that you believe are the linking verbs!
16. Does it show action or is it a linking
verb?
• Jay turned twelve.
• The car turned the corner.
• The candy tasted sweet.
• I tasted the candy.
• Dee looked pale.
• Dee looked through the camera lens.
Some words may be an action verb or a linking verb. Read carefully to
see how it is used.
A SUBSTITUTION TRICK: Take out the verb and add is, are, or was. Does
it make sense?
If it does, it is a linking verb.
18. HELPING VERBS
• A helping verb is a verb that helps
the main verb show action or make a
• statement.
• It can also HELP to show
• past, present or future
• tense.
19. Helping verb song
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
F2JWKY63K0
Helping Verbs, Helping Verbs
There are 23
Am, is, are, was, and were
Being, been, and be
Have, has, had
Do, does, did
Shall, will, should, and would
There are five more helping verbs
May, might, must, can, could
20. VERBS can be more than one word!
• The main verb and the helping verb
make up a verb phrase.
Main verb = run
Helping verb = will
Verb phrase = will run
Main verb = be
Helping verb = can
Verb phrase = can be
21. Verb phrases
• He will be a member of our class.
• Jesse should have been here one
hour ago.
• I will eat the entire pizza by myself.
• They do want to win the basketball
tourney.
• We could have been the champions.
22. Do you notice anything about verb
phrases? ( tense – length)
is
is walking
will be walking
should have been walking
23. Do you notice anything about verb
phrases?
I am.
I will be.
I should have been.
I am.
I am meditating.
I will be meditating.
I should have been meditating.
24. Choose VIVID verbs and
choose EXACT verbs in your writing
• The baby cooed.
• The baby belched.
25. The VERB that you choose can change
the image!
• Wes Welker skipped down the field.
• Wes Welker stumbled down the field.
• Wes Welker meandered down the field.
26. Choose VIVID verbs and
choose EXACT verbs in your writing
• Dracula chews his victims on the
neck.
• Dracula bites his victims on the
neck.
27. Come up with FIVE different ways that
you can travel down the school
hallway.
