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VERB UNIT STUDY GUIDE
I. Action Verbs (Pg. 144)
A. Action verbs tell what the subject _________________________.
Examples:
1. We ________________________on the beach.
2. We ________________________towards the ocean.
3. We_________________________seashells.
4. It __________________________me at first.
II. Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs (Pg. 145)
A. A verb that is made up of more than one word is called a
______________________.
B. The ________________ verb in a verb phrase is the main verb.
The other verbs are called auxiliary or ________________________verbs.
Examples:
1. Bill Moore ___________ __________________ home.
2. The door ____________ ____________ _________________.
C. Common Auxilary Verbs
Am
___________
do
has
_________
Is
be
__________ had
will
_______
being
did
_______ shall
Was
____________
have
_______ could
might
________
should
C. Sometimes the auxiliary verb in one sentence is the _______________ verb in
another.
Example:
did I did my homework. MAIN VERB
I did wait for you. AUXILARY VERB
D. In questions, the main verb and its auxiliaries may be separated by the
_________________ of the sentence.
Example:
Should we leave now?
III. Direct Objects (Pg 148)
A. An action verb is often followed by a word that tells ______________ or
____________ receives the action. This is the direct object.
Example: Ann programmed the ______________________.
Ann programmed WHAT? _______________________.
B. In some sentences, the direct object is ______________________ meaning
there are more than one.
Example:
I need oil ____________ and a _________________ for my hobby.
You need WHAT? _________________ and _________________
IV. Being and Linking Verbs (Pg. 152)
A. Some verbs do not show action. They show what the subject _____________
or is _____________. Verbs called __________________ verbs show a state
of being.
B. A being verb is often a ________________________ verb. It links the subject
of a sentence with the word or words in the
__________________________that tell more about it.
C. The word can be a predicate _____________ which renames the subject, or a
predicate ___________________ which describes the subject.
D. Common Being and Linking Verbs
Am
_______
be
___________ feel
_____ were
__________
look
_______
are ________ been
__________ smell
Example: Our president is Mr. Barack Obama.
Linking verb _____________
Barack Obama is the predicate noun because it _____________ him.
V. Verb tenses (Pg 154)
A. The tense of the verb tells when the action or the state of being is takes place.
The present tense tells when something is happening ___________________.
Ex. _________________
The past tense tells when something _________________________________.
Ex. _________________
The future tense tells when something _____________________________.
Ex. _____ _______________
VI. Principal parts of Verbs ( Pg 156)
A. The present participle and past participle are always used with a
_____________________ verb.
B. Regular verbs in the past and part participle are formed by adding ______ or
_____.
C. Some verbs are ___________________ and the past and past participle are
NOT formed by adding -d or -ed.
Example: speak
Past tense: spoke past participle: had spoken
VII. Irregular Verbs (Pg 158)
REVIEW THE VERBS ON PAGE 158!
VIII. Subject Verb Agreement
A. A verb and its subject must agree in number.Use a singular verb with a
singular subject and a ___________ verb with a ___________________
subject.
Example:
SINGULAR: The boy ______________________.
The girl __________________.
PLURAL:
The boys ________________.
B. A ________________________ subject joined by and takes a plural verb.
Example:
The boy and the girl _________________.
C. Singular verbs in the present tense usually end in _______ or ________. Plural
verbs in the present tense do not end in s.
***EXCEPTION TO THE RULE:
When the subject is I or You, the verb _______________ end in s.
***EXCEPTION TO THE RULE:
The verb ‘to be’ does not follow the usual rules.
I
am(present)
Was(past)
He, she, it
Singular nouns
__________(present)
__________(past)
We, you, they
All ________nouns
_________(present)
were
(past)
IX. More About Subject Verb Agreement (Pg 162)
A. When or, either….or, neither…..nor is used to join the parts of a compound
subject the verb may be singular or plural.
B. Use plural verb if both parts of the subject are ____________________.
Example: Books or Magazines_____________ always on the table.
C. Use ____________________ verb if both parts of the subject are singular.
Example:
Neither Jim nor Sally ____________ ever without a good book.
D. If one part is singular and the other is plural, make the verb agree with the
subject that is _______________________ to it.
Example:
Neither his friends or Ted __________________ mystery books.
E. Here and There are ________________the subject of the sentence. If a
sentence begins with here or there, first find the __________________, and then
make the verb agree with it.
Example:
Here ______ the index.
What is here? ___________________
X. Contractions (Pg. 164)
A. A contraction is a word formed by combining ________ words and shortening
one of them. An ______________ takes the place of the letters or letters left out.
B. Sometimes a verb and not are combined, however NOT IS ___________ a
verb!
Examples:
Isn’t
is not
____________ are not
Wasn’t
______________
____________ were not
____________ will not
can’t
_____________
doesn’t
_____________
haven’t
____________
could not
_____________
has not
______________
XI. Sit, set, lie, lay, raise, rise (Pg 166)
A. To decide which verb to use, ask yourself what the subject is doing. If the
subject is placing an object somewhere use _____________________ or
________________________.
B. If the subject is resting use ____________ or ___________________.
C. To decide between raise and rise, ask yourself raise what? If your answer
names something, use ______________. If the question has no answer, use
_________________.
XII. Lend, borrow, let, leave, teach, learn (Pg 168)
A. Lend means _____________________________________________
Borrow means____________________________________________
B. Let means _______________________________________________
Leave means _____________________________________________
C. Teach means______________________________________________
Learn means______________________________________________
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