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Everything you need to know about VERBS!

A verb is a word that tells what a noun does or is.


Carol plays baseball.
Allie sings a song.
Kevin looks at a friend.
Curtis becomes happy in a new class.

Action Verb State-of-being/linking Verbs


Express an action that can Express a state of being;
usually be seen or heard cannot be seen or heard
 ride  am
 climb  is
 skip  are was
 teach  were
 sprint  will be
 discuss ALSO… these can be linking
 hide verbs:

 fly  taste, seem, become, sound,


look, appear, feel

Examples of linking verb use


The man was the captain of the Was is the linking verb. The man
team. was renamed as the captain.
Captain (a noun) is the predicate
nominative.
Carol and Sue are delightful. Are is the linking verb. Delightful
(an adjective) describes the
subjects (Carol and Sue), and is
the predicate adjective.
Your own sentence: Identify the subject, the linking verb and the
predicate nominative or predicate adjective.

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The tense of a verb tells when the action takes place.
Present Tense The action is happening now.
The quarterback makes a touchdown.
Past Tense The action already happened.
The quarterback made a touchdown.
Future Tense The action is going to happen.
I hope the quarterback will make a
touchdown.

Regular verbs can be turned into the past tense by adding “ed” to
the end of the word.
walk  walked
smile  smiled

Many verbs have an irregular past tense.


write  wrote
freeze  froze
bring  brought

In some sentences, a main verb and a helping verb form a verb


phrase. The main verb shows action. The helping verb works with
the main verb to express time or something more about the action.
Helping Verbs:
am, was, be, has, must, are, will, being, had, can, is, be, been, have,
could
Notice that some of these verbs are also linking verbs? They become helping
verbs when they are followed by ANOTHER main verb.

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Sentence Helping Main
Verb Verb
Maria can take a taxi to the airport. can take
She will arrive at the airport on time. will arrive
Maria must pack her suitcase now. must pack
More about tenses…
A verb in the future tense tells what is going to happen. To form the
future tense of a main verb, use the helping verb will or shall.
Present Tense We learn about the I study hard.
ocean in school.
Future Tense We will learn about I will study hard.
the ocean in school.

Principal Parts
All verbs have basic forms called principal parts. The first principal part is
the present. The second principal part is the past (formed by adding –ed).
The third principal part is called the past participle. Most past participles
are formed by adding –ed; the helping verb has, have, or had is used with the
past participle.

Present Past Past Participle


call called (has, have, had) called
I have called you
everyday for the past
week.
splash splashed (has, have, had)
splashed
She had splashed her
sister which caused her
to cry.
worry worried (has, have, had) worried
I had worried all night.

hop __________ _______________

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As always there are irregular formations…
Present Past Past Participle
begin began (has, have, had) begun
fly flew (has, have, had) flown
swim swam (has, have, had) swum
know knew (has, have, had) known
write wrote (has, have, had)
written
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Direct Objects

A direct object receives the action of the verb. It is a noun or a


pronoun. It answers the question what or whom after the verb. It
always follows an action verb.

EXAMPLE: Each student must write a poem about a season.


(Must write what?) Write a poem
Direct Object: poem

EXAMPLE: Sarah will call a friend for the assignment.


(Will call whom?) Call a friend
Direct Object: friend

EXAMPLE: Warm sunlight thaws the stubborn snow.


(Thaws what?) the snow
Direct Object: snow

EXAMPLE: Spring breezes awaken the earth.


Direct Object: earth
(Awakens what?) the earth

Father will dry the dishes after supper. Direct object? _________

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Troublesome Verb Pairs

Can and May: Use can to tell if someone is “able” to do


something. Use may to ask or give “permission”.

Lie and Lay: Use lie to mean “rest” or “recline”. Use lay to mean
“set” or “place something down”.

Set and Sit: Use set to place something down. Use sit to rest or
stay.

Teach and Learn: Use teach to mean “instruct”. Use learn to


“obtain new information”.

If you have questions, make sure to


ask Mrs. Driscoll for help

What I need more help with:

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