Verbs

Review of the three types.

Whats 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

There are three kinds of

VERBS
1. Action verbs
2. Linking verbs
3. Helping verbs

1. Action Verbs

Action Verbs
Tells what action is occurring in a
sentence.
Expresses a mental or physical
activity.
Answers the question: What is
the subject doing?

These are Action Verbs:

coughed
clap
swallowed
sang
awake
ride

ran

Action Verbs Practice

What is the subject doing? Find
the simple subject and its action
verb:
1. He spoke French.
2. I wandered around the room
yesterday.
3. The children sprung out of
bed on Christmas morning.

Answers:
What is the subject doing? Find
the simple subject and its action
verb:
1. He spoke French.
2. I wandered around the room
yesterday.
3. The children sprung out of
bed on Christmas morning.

2. Linking Verbs

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 predicate.
subject LV

noun

Peanut is my toad.

subject

LV adjective

-Peanut is tiny.

Linking Verbs
All forms of to be
are called state of
being verbs.

Examples:
am
is
are
was
were
be
being
been
became

Lets Put it Together

Find the ACTION and LINKING
VERB(S)
Victor said his friend was pretty
strange.
Answer:
ACTION VERB

LINKING VERB

Victor said his friend was pretty strange.

Lets Put it Together

Find the ACTION and LINKING
VERB(S)
There are thirteen people attending my
birthday party.
Answer:
LINKING VERB

ACTION VERB

There are thirteen people attending my

birthday party.

3. Helping Verbs
Help me!

Helping Verbs
work with a main verb to help you
understand what action is taking place.
This is called a verb phrase.

There could be more than one helping verb

in a sentence.
Examples:
Helping Verb + Main Verb = Verb Phrase
Dogs can run.
I was sleeping.
Artists can train others to draw.
The student had been working on homework.
The techniques could have been altered a little.

23 Helping Verbs

am
is
are
was
were
being
been
be

have
has
had
do
does
did
shall
should

will
would
may
might
must
can
could

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

Directions: Break the sentence into complete

subject and complete predicate with a vertical line.
Underline the verb(s) in the complete predicate.
Label its type (AV, LV, or HV).

1. We parked and locked our bicycles in the

rack at the library.
2. Many, many resources were available
there.

Answers
Key: Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs

1. We parked and locked our bicycles in the

rack at the library.
2. Many, many resources were available
there.

Directions: Break the sentence into

complete subject and complete predicate
with a vertical line.
Underline the verb(s) in the complete
predicate.
Label its type (AV, LV, or HV).

3. I considered several books about wild

animals.
4. All of the books had looked interesting.

Answers
Key: Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
3. I considered several books about wild
animals.
4. All of the books had looked interesting.

Look at your PCR book

To answer questions 5-7 in the
practice section of your notes.

Homework
Finish page 3 and complete
page 4 of the verb packet 2
sided verb worksheet by
tomorrow.