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Verbs
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Verbs
• Verbs are doing words.
• A verb can express:
• a physical action
• a mental action
• or a state of being.
Action Verb
Definition
• Action verbs may express physical
actions.
• These words identify what a person
or animal is physically doing.
Examples
• Verbs that describe physical action
are:
• sprint, sprinting, sprinted, will
sprint, have sprinted
• smile, smiling, smiled, will smile,
have smiled
• explore, exploring, explored, will
explore, have explored
Action Verbs
Definition
• Action verbs may identify what a
person is thinking.
• These verbs may or may not be
observed with your senses.
Examples
• Verbs that describe mental actions:
• think, thinking, thought, will think,
have thought
• dream, dreaming, dreamed, will
dream, have dreamed
• Wonder, wondering, wondered, will
wonder, have wondered
Verbs: State of Being
• Definition
• State of being verbs are often called linking verbs because they
link the subject of the sentence with information about it.
• These verbs may be used alone or with other verbs.
State of Being Verb
• There are 8 state of being verbs:
• is, am, are
• was, were,
• be, being, been.
State of Being Verbs
These verbs may be used
alone.
• I am a teacher.
• He was a football player
• She is a student.
These verbs may be used
with other verbs.
• The dog is running.
• The cat was purring.
• The monkey has been here.
Helping Verbs
• Helping verbs do just that, they help the main verb in a sentence.
• The main verb may be an action verb or a linking verb.
• When there is a helping verb in the sentence the main verb and
the helping verb are called a verb phrase.
• Verb phrases may be two, three, or even four words.
Helping Verbs
• Examples:
• Susan will love these shoes.
• Will is a helping verb.
• Will helps the main verb, love, which is an action verb.
• The verb phrase is will love.
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Would you help me, please?
Would is a helping verb.
Would helps the action verb, help.
The verb phrase is would help.
Helping Verbs
• There are only 24 helping verbs
• be
• was
• have
• should
• must
• do
am
were
has
would
shall
did
is
been
had
may
can
does
are
being
could
might
will
having
More About Linking Verbs
• Definition:
• Linking verbs (sometimes called intransitive verbs) link the subject of a
sentence with a noun or adjective.
Example:
Monica became a prominent lawyer.
Became is a linking verb.
Became links the subject, Monica, with the noun, lawyer.
More About Linking Verbs
• All forms of the verb, be, may be used as linking verbs.
• be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
Other verbs may be used “to link.”
• Appear, become, feel, grow, look, seem, remain,
• smell, sound, stay, taste, turn, prove
Examples of other linking verbs:
• will be
will have been
• can be
may be
• could have been
has been
have been
should be
would be
should have been
Review
Verb
Action Verbs
State of Being Verbs
Verbs are doing words.
Action verbs may express physical
actions.
These words identify what a person
or animal is physically doing.
State of being verbs are often
called linking verbs because they
link the subject of the sentence
with information about it.
Action verbs may identify what a
person is thinking.
These verbs may be used alone
or with other verbs.
A verb can express:
a physical action
a mental action
or a state of being.
These verbs may or may not be
observed with your senses.