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Verbs
What IS a verb?
• Basically, it’s shows action. Verbs can be words like run,
jump, eat, drive, etc.
• In order to be proper, all sentences MUST contain a verb and
a noun/subject.
• Example: The sentence “I am.” Is considered to be a
complete sentence, because it contains a verb and a
noun/subject.
Verbs and Their Subjects.
• Some verbs can support a sentence by them selves, these are
called intransitive. Others, require a sentence to make them
complete. Those would be called transitive.
• Example:
• Transitive – “She gave money to the church.”
• Intransitive – “The building collapsed.”
• However, you can not always tell which one it may be just
from looking at it, because sometimes, a verb can be both!
• Example:
• "The monster collapsed the building by sitting on it."
• Verbs must agree with their person, being whatever point of view they
are being spoken from. There are three point of views: first, second and
third person.
• Some first person pronouns are things like: I, me, we, and us. They
usually address the name of the speaker.
• Second person pronouns will always address someone else directly,
usually using “you”.
• And third person pronouns will refer directly to others using: he, she, it,
they, and them.
• Some singular pronouns will require different verbs than others.
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Verbs must agree with their numbers, numbers meaning whether their noun/subject is
singular or plural.
Don’t be confused, use the rule of 1-S!!
Rule of 1-S says:
If the noun/subject end’s in –s or –es, then the verb will not, also, if the verb ends in –s, the
noun/subject will not!
• “Either the subject or the verb will end in -s-but not both.”
See? Simple!
And the verbs lived happily ever after!
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