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Three Forms of Verbs

• ActionAction Verbs

• Helping Helping VerbsVerbs

• Linking Linking Verbs

Another Name…

• Auxiliary is another name for Helping/Linking Verbs!

Back up… Action Verbs first

• An action verb is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity

jump

coughed

ran

swallowed

sang

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To find the verb:Locate the subject

Then ask yourself, “What is it doing?”The dog barked.

Who? dog

“What did the dog do?”

barked

The verb is barked, it’s what the dog is doing.

Can you find the action verb in each sentence?

1. The girls danced in the recital.

2. Our mailman drove a funny car last week.

3. His teacher wrote the answers on the board.

4. Alice worked on her homework last night.

No, try again.

Yes, that word is an action verb!

TryDo another! Move On

• An action verb that describes an action that is happening now is called a present tense verbpresent tense verb.

The bird fliesflies through the sky.

Present verbs

FliesFlies is a present tense verb because it is happening right now.

Present tense verbs• Many present tense verbs end with ss,

but some end with eses, or iesies.

sleepss

splasheses

criesies

Past Verbs

• Verbs which tell about actions which happened some time ago are past tense verbs.

The dog desireddesired a bone.

Desired is a past tense verb because the action has already happened.

Past tense verbs• Many past tense verbs end with ed,ed,

but some end with d,d, or iedied.

tried

played

clapped

Future Verbs

• Verbs which tell about actions which are going to happen are future tense verbs.

We will awaken at six a.m.

Will awakenWill awaken is a future tense verb because the action has not yet happened.

Future tense verbs• Future tense verbs use special words

to talk about things that will happen: will, going to, shall, aim to, etc.

going to start

shall email

will enjoy

Helping Verbs

• A helping verb works with a main verb to help you understand what action is taking place.

Elmer was was usingusing the computer.

Notes about Helping Verbs• Not every sentence will have a helping verb with the

main verb.• With “ing” verbs such as running, look for a helping

verb also!• A sentence may have up to 3 helping verbs along

with the main verb.– The boy must have been chasing his ball.

• At times there may be a word separating the helping verb from the main verb such as not.– The boy could not find his socks.

Linking Verbs

• A Linking verb connects or links a subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate– I feel shakey whenever I hear about earthquakes.

• Shakey is the predicate adjective because it is linked by the verb feel to the subject I .

– The San Andreas Fault is an earthquake zone in California.

• Zone is a predicate noun because it is linked by the verb is to the subject San Andreas Fault

Some Helping Verbs to Know!!

IS BE DO HAS WILL MAY FEEL

AM BEING DOES HAVE SHALL MIGHT SEEM

ARE BEEN DID HAD WOULD MUST APPEAR

WAS SHOULD CAN TASTE

WERE COULD

Additional Be Verbs• Become

• Grow• Look

• Remain• Smell• Sound• Stay

Transitive Verbs• 2 Characteristics

– Action verb• Doable activity

– Direct Object• something or someone who receives the action of the

verb

– Example• Sylvia kicked Juan under the table.

– Kicked = transitive verb; Juan = direct object.

• Joshua wants a smile from Leodine, his beautiful but serious lab partner.

– Wants = transitive verb; smile = direct object

Intransitive Verbs• 2 characteristics

– Action verb

– NO Direct Object

– Example•Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the

classroom door with only seven seconds to spare.

– Arrived = intransitive verb.

•To escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the shade under our cars.

– Lie = intransitive verb.