2. Lesson 1: What is a Verb? VERBS!
A verb is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state
of being.
Linking Verbs: links its subject
Action Verb: tells what the subject
to a word in the predicate.
does--the action can be physical or
mental.
Most common Linking Verbs:
be: is, am, are, was, were, been
Early humans moved constantly.
express condition: appear, feel,
become, grow, look, remain,
They carried few possessions.
seem, smell, taste, sound
People worried about survival.
Early humans were food
gatherers.
They feared large animals.
They often felt hungry.
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3. Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases
Helping Verbs: Help main verbs express action or precise
shades of meaning
Verb Phrases: The combination of one or more helping verbs
with a main verb
Animals could carry the humans' heavy loads farther.
Then people would travel farther.
Common Helping Verbs:
Be: be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
Do: do, does, did
Have: have, has, had
Other: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will
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4. 1. Transportation developed along with civilization.
2. Half a million years ago, humans traveled frequently.
3. They searched for food like nuts and berries.
4. They hunted animals on foot.
5. Later they used beasts of burden.
6. They had invented sledges by 5000 B.C.
7. These sled-like vehicles could move tons of weight.
8. Around 3500 B.C., someone created the wheel.
9. With wheels on vehicles, people could travel long distances.
10. The wheel was one of the most important inventions ever.
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5. Lesson 2: Action Verbs and Objects
Action verbs are often accompanied by words that complete their meaning.
These complements are called direct objects or indirect objects.
Direct Object--noun or a pronoun that names the receiver of a
verb's action
Americans love the automobile.
Cars changed our society.
Indirect Object--tells to what or whom or for what or whom an
action has been done
Sue gave her sisters a ride. Sue gave them a ride.
*If a preposition is in the sentence, the word that follows the
preposition is NOT an Indirect Object, but an Object of the
Preposition.
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6. 1. Experience tells us the risks of different vehicles.
2. In 1769 Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot showed the world the first automobile.
3. Steam power gave the vehicle a speed of about two miles per hour.
4. This fact gave Cugnot another place in history.
5. His car hit a wall in the world's first car accident.
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