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Action Verbs

A verb is a word that expresses an action, condition, or state of being, with six basic forms including base, infinitive, past tense, past participle, present participle, and gerund. Verbs can be categorized into finite, non-finite, action, linking, auxiliary, and modal verbs, each serving different functions in sentences. The document provides examples and exercises to identify and practice using different types of verbs.

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Action Verbs

A verb is a word that expresses an action, condition, or state of being, with six basic forms including base, infinitive, past tense, past participle, present participle, and gerund. Verbs can be categorized into finite, non-finite, action, linking, auxiliary, and modal verbs, each serving different functions in sentences. The document provides examples and exercises to identify and practice using different types of verbs.

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WHAT IS A

VERB?
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A VERB IS A WORD USED TO
express an action, a condition,
or a state of being.
•The director squished his nose.
•His noise is big.
•The director is squishing his nose.
•There are six basic forms of verbs.
These forms are as follows:

•Base form: Children play in the field.


BASIC •Infinitive: Tell them not to play
FORMS OF •Past tense: They played football
VERBS yesterday.
•Past participle: I have eaten a
burger.
•Present participle: I saw
them playing with him today.
•Gerund: Swimming is the best
exercise.
CAN YOU FIND THE ACTION
VERB IN EACH SENTENCE?

THE GIRLS DANCED THE DRIVER DROVE HIS TEACHER ALICE WORKED ON
IN THE THE CAR LAST WROTE THE HER HOMEWORK
COMPETITION. WEEK. ANSWERS ON THE LAST NIGHT.
BOARD.
TYPES OF • Finite Verbs
VERBS
• Non-finite Verbs
• Action Verbs
• Linking Verb
• Auxiliary/Helping Verbs
• Modal Verbs
•Finite verbs are the actual verbs
which are called the roots of sentences.
It is a form of a verb that is performed
by or refers to a subject and uses one of
the twelve forms of tense and changes
according to the number/person of the
subject.
FINITE
VERBS: •Example:
• Alex went to school. (Subject – Alex –
performed the action in the past.
This information is evident only by
the verb ‘went’.)
• Robert plays hockey.
• He is playing for Australia.
NON-FINITE VERBS:

•Non-finite Verbs are not actual verbs. They do not work as


verbs in the sentence rather they work as nouns, adjectives,
adverbs, etc.

•Example:

• Alex went abroad to play (Infinitives)


• Playing cricket is his only job. (Present participle)
• I have a broken bat. (Past participle)
• Walking is a good habit. (Gerund)
•Action verbs indicate what the subject of a
sentence performs.

•The action can either by physical or mental.


Physical Action: The farmer feeds the
chickens.
Mental Action: He likes the red rooster.
ACTION
•Action verbs can
VERBS: be transitive or intransitive.
•Example:

• I painted the car. (The verb ‘paint’


demands an object to be painted)
• I wake up at 6 AM. (No object is needed
for this verb)
• A transitive verb does

have a direct object.

•Example: The pilot landed


TRANSITIV the antique airplane.
E VERBS
•(Airplane is the direct
object that answers the
question landed what? After
the verb landed.)
INTRANSITIVE
VERBS
•Intransitive verbs are action verbs
that Do not have a direct object.
•Linking verbs are ALWAYS
intransitive.
•Intransitive verbs never answer
the questions “who” or “what”.

Example: The pilot landed


carefully.
(There is no direct object
answering the question landed
what? or whom?)
•Determine if each verb is Transitive
or Intransitive.

• Hopefully, it will snow this


year.
• The student asked a question.

LET’S • Jackson is very energetic.


• Students in the class were
PRACTICE really loud.
• I am confused about algebra.
• The girl sang in the
competition.
• Always do your best.
• The earth revolves around the
sun.
LET’S PRACTICE.

•Determine if each verb is transitive or intransitive.

• Hopefully, it will snow this year. INT


• The student asked a question. TRA
• Jackson is very energetic. INT
• Students in the class were really loud. INT
• I am confused about algebra. INT
• The girl sang in the competition. INT
• Always do your best. TRA
• The earth revolves around the sun. INT
LINKING VERB:
•A linking verb adds details about the subject of a
sentence. In its simplest form, it connects the
subject and the complement that is, the words
that follow the linking verb.
•It creates a link between them instead of
showing action.

•Example:
• She appears ready for the game. (She is ready
for the game.)
• The food seemed delicious. (The
food was delicious.)
• You look happy. (You are happy.)
LINKING
VERBS
 There are nine common linking verbs:
am be is seem was
are being were
become
Use this acronym to remember these linking
verbs :
All boys in school work.
am be is seem was
are were

being
•Auxiliary verbs are also called helping
verbs. An auxiliary verb extends the
main verb by helping to show time, tense,
and possibility.
The auxiliary verbs are – be verbs, have,
and do.
•They are used in the continuous
(progressive) and perfect tenses.
•Linking verbs work as main verbs in the
AUXILIARY sentence, but auxiliary verbs help main
VERBS: verbs.

•Example:
• Do you drink tea?
• Alex is going to school.
MODAL VERBS:

•A modal verb is a kind of an auxiliary verb. It assists the main verb


to indicate possibility, potentiality, ability, permission, expectation,
and obligation.
•The modal verbs are can, could, must, may, might, ought to,
shall, should, will, would.

•Example:
• I may want to talk to you again.
• They must play their best game to win.
• She should call him.
• I will go there.
LET’S PRACTICE

•Find the verb in each sentence.

• Hopefully, it will snow this year.


• The student asked his teacher a question.
• Jackson is very energetic.
• Students in the class were really loud.
• I am confused about algebra.
• The girl sang in the competition.
• Always do your best.
• The earth revolves around the sun.
LET’S PRACTICE.

•Find the verb in each sentence.

• Hopefully, it will snow this year.


• The student asked his teacher a question.
• Jackson is very energetic.
• Students in the class were really loud.
• I am confused about algebra.
• The girl sang in the competition.
• Always do your best.
• The earth revolves around the sun.
FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE HELPING VERBS.

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