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VERBS Action, linking, auxiliary (helping), transitive, and intransitive verbs What’s a Verb? A word used to express action, condition or state of being. Examples: Action: They broke the vase. Condition: It appears that she hurt her leg. State of being: That shirt is blue. Action Verbs Expresses action (physically or mentally) Examples: The band marches onto the field. (physical) The audience expects a great performance. (mental) The tuba player tripped on his shoelaces. (physical) Linking Verbs Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate. Two types: forms of to be (is, am, are, was, were, been, being) and verbs that express condition (look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain). Examples: The instruments are safe in the bus. The students seemed bored during the long trip. Auxiliary or Helping Verbs Are combined with verbs to form verb phrases Examples: Sandra has a pair of Conga drums at home. (main) She has practiced her drumming all summer. (aux) I will grade those papers this evening. (aux) Song to “Jingle Bells”: Have, has, had--do, does, did, Would, could, should, might shall Is, are, was, were, be, being, been, Am, can, may, must, will. Practice Identify the action, linking, and auxiliary verbs on a sheet of paper. Page 16 (orange book) Answers: Linking verbs: 2. is, 5. are, 6. remains, becomes Action verbs: 1. visit, 2. scare, 3. lines, stay, driven 4. strut, pound, wave, toss, catch, twirl Auxiliary verbs: 2. might, 3. will, has Transitive Verbs When an action verb appears with a direct object (a person or thing that receives the action), it is a transitive verb. Example: Danny plays the trumpet like a professional. Plays=transitive verb Trumpet=direct object Intransitive Verbs When an action verb does not have an object, it is called an intransitive verb. Examples: He travels around the country with the other musicians. travels=intransitive No object verb