2. What’s a verb?
•Verbs express an action
Ex: bring, change, grow, consider
•Verbs express an occurrence
Ex: become, happen, occur
•Verbs express a state of being
Ex: be, seem, remain
3. There are three kinds
of VERBS
1. Action verbs
2. Linking verbs
3. Helping verbs
5. Action Verbs
•Tell what action is occurring in a
sentence.
•Express a mental or physical
activity.
•Answer the question: “What is the
subject doing?”
8. Action Verbs Practice
•What is the subject doing? Find the
action verb:
1. He spoke French.
2. I wandered around the room
yesterday.
3. The children leapt out of bed on
Christmas morning.
9. Answers:
•What is the subject doing? Find the
action verb:
1. He spoke French.
2. I wandered around the room
yesterday.
3. The children leapt out of bed on
Christmas morning.
11. Linking Verbs…
• do not show an action; they show a relationship.
• link or connect the subject of the sentence with a
noun or an adjective in the sentence.
subject LV noun
EX: You are a seventh grader.
subject LV adjective
EX: Seventh grade is difficult.
12. Linking Verbs = to be
•All forms of the verb “to be” are
linking verbs.
examples:
• am is are
• was were be
• being been became
13. Let’s Put it Together…
• Find the ACTION and LINKING VERB(S)…
There are thirteen people at my birthday
party.
Victor said his friend was strange.
14. Let’s Put it Together…
• Find the ACTION and LINKING VERB(S)…
• Answers:
LV
• There are thirteen people attending my birthday
party.
AV LV
• Victor said his friend was strange.
16. Helping Verbs…
• work with a main verb to help show what action is taking place.
This is called a verb phrase.
• In a verb phrase, the main verb could be action or linking
• There could be more than one helping verb in a sentence.
• Examples: Helping Verb(s) + Main Verb = Verb Phrase
Artists can train others to draw.
I will be there.
The student had been working on homework.
The techniques could have been altered a little.
18. Helping Verb Practice:
Directions: Identify the verb phrase.
What are the helping verb(s) and main
verb within it?
1. You can speak loudly in the gym.
Verb phrase: can speak
Helping verb: can
Main verb: speak
2. The dog must have been chasing the cat.
Verb phrase: must have been chasing
Helping verbs: must, have, been
Main verb: chasing
19. Directions: Underline the verb(s) in each sentence.
Label its type (AV, LV, or HV).
1. On a sunny September afternoon, we traveled to the
library.
2. We parked and locked our bicycles in the rack at the
library.
3. Many resources were available there.
4. I considered several books about wild animals.
5. All of the books had looked interesting.
20. KEY:
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
1. On a sunny September afternoon, we traveled to the
library.
2. We parked and locked our bicycles in the rack at the
library.
3. Many resources were available there.
4. I considered several books about wild animals.
5. All of the books had looked interesting.
