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To Be, To Do, To Think
Kinds of Verbs
Just a normal day when suddenly…
How does he look?
What is the problem?
What advice would you give to him?
What would you do?
Kinds of Verbs
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Every sentence has a verb
A verb tells what the subject does, has, is or feels
They express action or being
A verb expresses action (physical or mental) or
being
• Ex) Ed and Iris raise Vegetables
• Ex) They feel happy
Action Verb
• An action verb tells what the subject has or
does
• It can express physical or mental action
• Example of physical action: run and look
• Example of mental action: think and dream
Being Verb
• Does not refer to action but describes a state
of being.
• It tells what the subject is or feels
• Examples) be, feel, appear, become, seem,
sound, stay, taste, look
Let’s practice
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Ed fed the seedlings
The plants became big
The pumpkins looked ripe
Ed picked the pumpkins
Iris dreamed of a secret garden
They put the squash in their basket
Ed hoped for more crops
Linking Verbs
• A verb that expresses being is called a LINKING
verb
• It is the glue that links the subject of a
sentence to the predicate (describes the
subject)
• Ex) The bird looks feathery
• The bird = feathery
• Ex 2) Pepper tastes spicy
Food Review
• Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two Thanksgiving dishes below.
Use both linking verbs and action verbs (at least five of each). Exchange paragraphs
with a partner and list and label the linking and action verbs.
Let’s practice
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He looked at the recipe
Chicken tastes delicious
The tomatoes feel soft
The beans look healthy
He smelled the garlic
It tasted so good
The dogs fur felt soft
The Importance of Doing: Verbs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJeWFoK
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To Be: Writing with verbs
• However, there is only one who doesn't feel part
of the big family, the old snake who always hide
behind in the shadows.
• Vera’s plan working just as she had hoped it
would.
• Wargrave keeps takes notes about people on the
island.
• It was strange, she did not give a response or
acknowledged my existence