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Parts of Speech Verbs 1 There are three types of verbs: • action verb: tells what is happening, shows action. Some examples are: cook, run, write, paint, make, draw, find, dream, think. • linking verb: links or joins a noun or pronoun to another word that tells something about the noun or pronoun. Some examples are: be, am, was, are, being, been, is, were, feel, look, grow, seem, stay, smell, taste, appear, become. The verb of a sentence is also called the predicate. It is the action part of the sentence. It tells what someone or something did in the sentence. • helper verb: helps the main verb; forms a verb phrase with the main verb. Some examples are: be, being, been, am, are, is, was, were, has, have, had, does, did, can, will, shall, should, would, may, must, do. 1. Underline the verbs in these sentences. (a) We shall draw a mural today. (b) I find the best movie listings in the newspaper. (c) She cackles like a chicken when she laughs. (d) The trucker drives on the highway every day, out of Fredericton. 2. Verbs need to agree with the subject of the sentence. A singular subject takes a singular verb. A plural subject takes a plural verb. Look at this example: John (play, plays) baseball. Plays is the singular form of the verb. It agrees with John, a singular subject (noun). Circle the verbs that agree in these sentences. (a) They (play, plays) baseball with John. (b) The trucks (stop, stops) at the restaurant daily. (c) We (has rested, have rested) long enough for the hike. (d) A flock of birds (fly, flies) over our house everyday. 3. Verbs have tenses. The simple tenses are: past, present, future. They tell you when something happened. Add verbs to complete the following. Past Present Future was is will be walked walk ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ will talk ___________________ shop ___________________ laughed ___________________ ___________________ Use one of the verbs from the lists in a sentence. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Change the verb tenses in a piece of writing you have. What does this do to the meaning of the writing? Parts of Speech Verbs 2 Verbs have perfect tenses. They are: past perfect, present perfect, future perfect. They tell about events that had happened (past), has happened (present), and will have happened (future). Look at these three examples: The train had stopped on the tracks. The train has stopped on the tracks. The train will have stopped on the tracks. These sentences use the perfect tense. They tell you that something occurred or will occur regarding the train. 1. Use the perfect tense indicated for each verb to complete these sentences. (a) laugh (past perfect): She _________________________ at all of my jokes. (b) drop (future perfect) We _________________________ all of the furniture off at the house. (c) rescue (present perfect): The sailor ______________________ the diver. 2. For the verb tape, write three sentences using the past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses of the verb (a) ______________________________________________________________________________________ (b) ______________________________________________________________________________________ (c) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Verbs have a voice. The verb voice can be active (subject acts) or passive (subject receives the action). Look at these examples: Shamir found the lost diamond. (active voice) The lost diamond was found by Shamir. (passive voice) 3. Indicate whether the verb is active or passive in each sentence. (a) I helped the men. ________________________________________________________________________ (b) The teacher was helped by the class. ________________________________________________________ (c) The storm raged all week. ________________________________________________________________ (d) The players were soaked by the rain. ________________________________________________________ (e) A wild cheer was heard by the pedestrians. ___________________________________________________ 4. Rewrite these sentences from the active voice to the passive voice. (a) Jaime jumped over the crevice. _____________________________________________________________ (b) The jet flew into the clouds. _______________________________________________________________