Verb and Adverb

VERB AND ADVERB
What is a verb?
• A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being.
• It puts the subject of the sentence into motion and, often,
provides further information to help clarify the subject.
• Example:
• She ironed her dress.
• He drove to the mountains.
Verb can be ACTION VERB or LINKING VERB
It can also be TRANSITIVE and INTRANSITIVE VERB
And it can also be HELPING and MAIN VERB
Action Verbs
• Most verbs are action verbs (also called dynamic verbs): things you can do,
things you can ask someone to demonstrate, and things "Simon" tells you to
do when you're playing Simon Says.
Example : “ She accepted the job offer.”
In this sentence, she is carrying out an action, as in accepting the job offer.
Here are a few more examples of
action verbs:
• Ask • Play
• Bake • Read
• Build • Throw
• Carry • Walk
• Help
• Jump
Linking Verbs
• The next most popular type of verbs are linking verbs. These verbs do not
express action. Rather, they connect the subject to the additional
information that's about to come.
Example:
"Damien is an expert craftsman.”
You can see how the verb is merely acting as a link from the subject to the
additional details.
True Linking Verbs
Some Verbs are strictly linking verbs. Here's a

short
list:
• Has
• Am • Is
• Are
• Seems
• Become
• Was
• Being
• Were
Linking Verbs or Action Verbs
The tricky thing is that some verbs can be linking

verbs or action verbs, depending on context.
Example:
• Remain
• Appear
• Smell
• Feel
• Sound
• Get
• Stay
• Grow
• Taste
• Look
• Turn
• Prove
Helping Verbs
• Helping verbs do exactly what it seems like they should do. They
help. That is, they help the main verb of the sentence by
extending its meaning.
Example:
“I have been there before.“
In this sentence, "been" is the primary linking verb, but it's
receiving a small assist from "have," making it a complete thought.
More examples:
• I am walking to the store.
• We are reading the book together.
• He will run for president.
• We were moving across town that summer.
Stative Verbs
• Stative verbs are much subtler and more difficult to
identify as verbs. They describe a position or state of
being; they have no duration, no beginning, and no end.
• They're more intangible than action verbs. While they
don't perform any action, notice that they're typically
followed by a direct object.
Examples:
• You deserve everything you get in life.
• Jane dislikes humidity.
• She hates eating contests.
• Betty knows where to go.
• Henry loves billiards.
Transitive Verbs
• Transitive verbs simply express an action.
• They're always followed by a direct object (someone or
something that's receiving the action of the verb).
Example : "Mary sent the package from Ireland.“
In this sentence, "sent" is the action verb and "package" is the
direct object, or the thing that's receiving the action of the verb.
Example:
• Mary drove the car.
• Sam wants a bike.
• Aileen wrote a poem.
• Joshua ate the noodles.
• Sarah cleaned the kitchen.
Intransitive Verb
• Intransitive verbs are verbs that show action. However, they're
not followed by a direct object.
Example:
"The plane lands at 5 o'clock."
In this sentence, "lands" is the verb but there's nothing that's
receiving the action of the verb. There's no direct object, as it is the
plane (subject) itself that is doing the landing.
Examples:
• I arrived at the coffee shop.

• He died in his sleep.
• My dog lies by the couch.
• Together, we sat on the stone wall.
• Then, we went to the coffee shop.
What is Adverb?
• An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

• Although adverbs may modify adjectives and other adverbs, they generally
modify verbs
Examples:
Cherry Lee Padilla placed the vase carefully on the shelf.
Anthea Love Sion wore a beautifully designed dress.
Adverbs that modify verbs
Where?
Push upward travels everywhere
Fell there go outside
When?
Arrived yesterday swims often
Comes daily exhibits yearly
In What Way?
Works carefully chews noisily
Speaks well acted willingly
To What Extent?
Hardly ate almost cried
Really surprised partly finished
Adverbs that modify adjectives
To What Extent?
Very upset extremely tall
Definitely wrong not hungry
Adverbs modifying adverbs
To What Extent?
Moved very quickly not completely wrong
Climbed almost over only just recognizable
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VERB AND ADVERB

Some Verbs are strictly linking verbs. Here's a

The tricky thing is that some verbs can be linking

• I arrived at the coffee shop.

• An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

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