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Verbs Lesson
Highlights
what is in
yellow on
your paper
Verb- a word
that express
an action, a
condition, or
a state of
being
Action Verb:
expresses a
physical or
mental action
Linking Verb:
Links the subject
of a sentence to a
word in the
predicate.
Transitive Verb: It’s an
Action Verb that
appears with a direct
object
( person or thing that
receives the action of
the verb)
Intransitive Verb:
Action Verb without a
direct object
Forms of Be: am, is, was,
were
- Conditions: Appear,
become, feel, look,
remain, sound, taste
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Work On
Exercise
Pg 10 Ex A
Auxiliary Verbs
AKA
Helping Verbs
are combined with verbs to
form VERB PHRASES.
Forms of Be and
had
do , might, would,
will, must, could,
and would.
would have been
climbing
Watch Video
Verbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG7MY2_A0Ew
Video on youtube on active and passive voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBgIPaGxTYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50AXQum90EE
Transitive
Verbs
• REMEMBER: Direct Object or Person or thing RECIEVES the ACTION of the VERB
• SUBJECT + Verb + Object.
• Move that chair out of the way
• Mom locked Dad’s wheelchair into place.
• I baked a pizza.
• He rode the bike.
• We move the sofa to another room.
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ONLY TRANSATIVE VERBS CAN BE USED IN THE PASSIVE VOICE
• REMEMBER: Action Verb do not have an object receiving the action..
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Intransitive
Verbs
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Subject + Verb but NO OBJECT
The dancer moves gracefully.
Uncle Lou snored loudly in the back of the van. (No object)
I laughed.
The book fell.
He walks to the park.
CANNOT BE USED IN THE PASSIVE VOICE
HAS TO BE ACTIVE VOICE
Why it matters in writing
Action Verbs can be used to create strong
images and metaphors.
Notice how verbs in the following passage convey a
picture of rain soaking into dry earth
The rain began with gusty showers…And at first
the dry earth sucked the moisture down and
blackened. For two days the earth drank the rain,
until the earth was full. Then puddles formed….