This document provides an overview of verbs for an exam study guide. It defines verbs as expressing action or a state of being, and distinguishes between action verbs and linking verbs. It also covers transitive and intransitive verbs, with transitive verbs requiring a direct object and intransitive verbs not. Additionally, it discusses auxiliary verbs that help the main verb and provides examples of verb phrases. Extra online resources on verbs are listed for additional study.

1. This is a presentation of the topics that you are going to view in your exam. Study guide

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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!!

8. 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