Download VERBS * Unit 3 6th Grade

By:
Angélica Guerra, MS
Greater Miami Adventist Academy
LESSON COLLATED WITH
Houghton Mifflin – English 8
The main word in
the predicate /
The simple
predicate
The
are TWO major
kinds of verbs:
ACTION
BEING
/ LINKING
ACTION VERBS - 1
 What
the subject does, has, or feels:
 I cook dinner.
- Ann owns a mac
computer.
-Lucy hates Brussel sprouts!
 Action
can be:
 PHYSICAL:
can be seen (I eat soup.)
 MENTAL or EMOTIONAL:
cannot be seen (I want a dog. /
The boy studies his lesson.)
BEING VERBS & LINKING VERBS
BEING VERBS
 Show what the
subject is or is like.
Ana seems tired.
The janitor was
tired.
See and memorize:
common Being Verbs
on page 100
A
BEING verb is
often a LINKING
verb – It links the
subject to a word in
the predicate.
 The word it is linked
to is either:

Predicate Noun


My mom is a doctor.
Predicate Adjective

My mom is tired.
Some verbs can be either linking verbs or action
verbs:
LINKING
The pilot looks young.
 Lucy smelled sweaty.

ACTION
The boy looks at the dog.
 I smelled the rose.

Tell if the verb is ACTION or LINKING:
•
•
•
•
•
The new girl has become my friend.
The project appears copied.
The teacher tasted the soup.
It tasted too salty.
Jan feels the surface of the table.
MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS - 2
 VERB
PHRASE: A verb that is made up of more
than ONE word
 VERB PHRASE is made up of:
 MAIN VERB – the verb that expresses the
action or state of being
 HELPING VERB – one or more verbs that work
with the main verb and don’t show any action
or being
EX: Bill has eaten his dinner. / I would have
gone home!
Memorize list of Common Helping Verbs on p. 115!
MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS
continuation…
 Some
verbs can be a MAIN VERB in one
sentence and a HELPING VERB in another:
 MAIN VB.=
I did my work yesterday.
 HELPING VB. = I did see you at the mall.
 Some
time the verb parts may be
separated by interrupting words:
May I go with you? / Should we eat
now?
The sun may not come out today.
SIMPLE VERB TENSES - 3
 Tense identifies WHEN the action or state of being
takes place.
 PRESENT:
Is happening now
rd person singular – add –s
 Remember: 3
He sings a song.
Steve laughs.
Maria smells the rose.
 PAST: Already happened
 FUTURE: Is going to happen
 Base
form: ex.
 Present
 Past:
 Past
JUMP
participle: (IS) JUMPING
JUMPED
participle: (HAS) JUMPED
PERFECT TENSES - 3
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
Action that took
Action in the past
place at an
that was completed
indefinite time in
before another
the past; it may
action took place
still be going on
Action that will
be completed
before another
action in the
future
Lucy has studied her
Lucy had finished learning
times tables for 3 years.
the 8-table before she
entered 4th grade.
Lucy will have
memorized all the
times tables up to 12
before the end of the
NOW PRACTICE WRITING SENTENCES WITH
THESE PERFECT TENSE VERBS:
PAST PERF.
• arrange
• eat
• glue
PRESENT
PERF.
• harvest
• organize
• laugh
FUTURE PER.
• train
• masticate
• wrestle
These
are the 3 most
frequently used verbs in the
English language.
They can be used as main
verbs or as helping verbs.
Memorize the rules for forming
their tenses – see p. 110.
NUMBER
1st
singular
PERSON
I
PAST
was
PRESENT
am
FUTURE
will be
2nd
singular
YOU
were
are
will be
3rd
singular
HE / SHE /
IT
was
is
will be
1st plural
WE
were
are
will be
2nd
plural
YOU
were
are
will be
3rd
plural
THEY
were
are
will be
Lessons
See
5&6
book – pp.
125 & 129.
PROGRESSIVE FORMS
The verb shows the action is continuing.
Helping
Main verb
verb
SIMPLE
PROGRESSIVE
TENSES
PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
TENSES
ending in –ING
PAST PROGRESSIVE
was/were
walking
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
am/is/are
walking
FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
will be
walking
had been
walking
has/have been
walking
will have been
walking
PAST PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
FUTURE PERFECT
PROGRESSIVE
Hug
Sleep
Play
Rest
 TRANSITIVE
VB.= A verb that SENDS its
action to a noun or pronoun

DIRECT OBJECT = The noun or pronoun that
RECEIVES the action
The teacher writes a letter.
 INTRANSITIVE
VB.= A verb that DOESN’T
send its action anywhere (no Direct
Object) The teacher writes.
LINKING
VERBS ARE ALWAYS
INTRANSITIVE BECAUSE THEY
DO NOT EXPRESS ACTION.
The
Christian Warriors are the
winners of the tournament.
They looked tired after their
victory.
Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
A
noun or pronoun that tells WHO or
WHAT receives the action of the verb.

A dragonfly has four fragile wings.
D.O.
may be a noun or pronoun.
The little boy took the dragonfly.
 The little boy took it.

D.O.

may be compound (more than 1)
Dragonflies like bananas and flowers.
Tell if the
sentence is
Transitive
OR
transitive;
if
transitive,
identify the
D.O.
My
beagle barks a lot.
She eats apples and
potato peals.
She sleeps all day long.
I made breakfast for
her.
I took her and my
friend Raquel to the
park.
DIRECT OBJECT
Use with Action Verbs
 Most
verbs express ACTION. If that action is
directed toward another word, the
verb is TRANSITIVE.
 Direct Object: The word toward which the
action goes.
 Questions to ask: What? / Whom?
 The car needs gasoline and new tires.

Needs what?
 My

friend visits my family and me.
Visits whom?
Intransitive
Verb: Does not have an
Object
Some verbs are ALWAYS Intransitive
The bird flew away. - Flew where?
The team played well. - Played how?
We will finish tomorrow. - Finish when?
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Transitive OR Intransitive?
Please get your book.
The book closed noisily.
Indirect
Object: tells to
whom, for whom, to what,
or for what the action of
the verb is done.
It ALWAYS comes between
the verb and the Direct
Object.
It’s a NOUN or a PRONOUN.
Which sentences have IO?
 The
slithery python gave the trainer a
surprise.
 Hanna baked her sister a cake.
 My pastor delivered a great sermon for us.
 The athlete threw the referee his helmet.
 Dwayne Wade gave the trophy to me.
 LINKING
VERBS cannot have objects.
 A Linking Verb CONNECTS the subject with
a word in the predicate that describes or
renames the subject.
 If the words renames: Predicate Noun
Mules resemble stubby horses.

If the word describes: Predicate
Adjective
The story sounds marvelous.
ACTIVE & PASSIVE
VOICES - 11
ACTIVE
VOICE: Most sentences are
like this. The subject DOES the
action.
 Electric
trains.
motors run high-speed
PASSIVE
VOICE: The subject
RECEIVES the action.
 High-speed
trains are run by
electric motors.
1.
Sentence has to be transitive (have
DO)

2.
To turn to passive, use the correct
tense of the verb BE and change the
main verb to its past participle.


3.
(A) Magnets in the motor create a force.
(P) A force is created by magnets in the motor.
The D.O. becomes the SUBJECT!
Sometimes the performer of the
action DOES NOT appear in the Passive
Voice.

The original model has been perfected.
Dr.
Sato developed a cool train.
Dr.
Sato travels by train often.
He
loves his wife and daughter.
A
kangaroo
mother
nurses her
joey inside
a pouch
she has.
An unusual
animal was
found in the
eighteenth
century by
Captain
James Cook.
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 12
A
verb and its subject MUST agree in
number
 Singular verb = singular subject
An ant crawls.
 Plural verb = plural subject
Three ant crawl.
The verb BE doesn’t follow the usual
rules.
 Check chart on page 110
If
you use AND to join the parts
of a compound subject, USE A
PLURAL VERB.
 Shrews,
moles, and toads eat
insects.
 A mole and a toad were in my
garden last night.
More Subject-Verb Agreement – 12
(Agreement with Compound Subject)
 When
joining subject with words such as
OR, EITHER…OR, or NEITHER…NOR, the
verb may be singular or plural.
 Plural verb: if both subjects are plural.
 The dogs and cats were both eating.
 Singular
verb: if both subjects are
singular.
 Neither Jim nor Steve is here.
Continuation… (lesson 12)
 Verb
Agrees with the SUBJECT CLOSEST:
When ONE subject is singular and ONE is
plural.
 Either the twins or Marc is singing today.
 Either Marc or the twins are singing today.
****Choose the correct verb:****
 Ana or my parents ______ taking me to
church.
 Neither the eighth graders nor
Mrs. Guerra ____ here.
LESSON 13: Titles, Names, and
Nouns Ending with “S”
A

title takes a singular verb form:
The United States IS more than 200 years old.
 Certain
nouns ending with S always take a
singular verb:

The news was encouraging today.
 Other
nouns ending with S always take a
plural verb:

These scissors cut well.
 In
most sentences the SUBJECT appears at the
beginning.
 When ALL or PART of the predicate appear at
the beginning, the sentence is INVERTED.
 To
identify the subject:
First find the verb.
 Then ask WHO or WHAT is doing the action.

In
the bedroom is my bed.
 What
is in the bedroom? MY BED
Continuation… (lesson 14)
 INVERTED
SENTENCE – The subject IS NOT at the
beginning.
 When
a sentence begins with HERE or THERE, the
verb MUST also agree with the subject.
 To find the subject, ask:
WHO or WHAT IS HERE?


Here is the book. (What is here?)
There are my friends! (Who are there?)
INTERRUPTED
ORDER:
 This
is when 1 or more words come
between the subject and the verb.
 Identify the subject carefully, and
make the verb agree with it.

Often exhibits on only one subject fill an
entire museum.
CONTRACTIONS
 Sometimes
the verb is shortened in the cont.
 Notice
that the apostrophe goes where
the letter is missing:
We are = we’re
I am – I’m
 Often
a verb and NOT are combined.
 NOT
is not part of the verb!
Ana isn’t coming today. / Ana is not
coming today.