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Verbs
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What is a verb?
 A verb expresses the action or condition of
a person, place, or thing.
 A sentence must contain a verb for it to be a
complete thought.
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Bob jumped onto the desk.
He shouted to the class.
The class quivered in fear.
The desk cracked.
Bob fell.
The class chuckled.
Action Verbs
 An action verb indicates the action of a
person or thing.
 The action can be visible (seen) or mental
(unseen).
 Examples:
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Bob wrote the poem.
Everyone believes in the Tooth Fairy.
Bob ate the giant cockroach.
iTry
 Identify the action verb(s) in the sentences
below.
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We swam across the ocean.
Computers replaced typewriters many years
ago.
My sister would not share her toys, so I hit her.
Eventually, my dog died.
I cried because my dog died.
Transitive Verbs
 Transitive verb: An action verb that has a direct
object.
 Without a direct object, its meaning is incomplete.
 The direct object is never in a prepositional phrase.
 I gave birthday presents to my twin cousins.
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gave is a transitive verb
presents is the direct object (answers WHAT was
given)
 Sue helped her mother wash the dishes in the sink
after dinner.
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helped and washed are transitive verbs
mother and dishes are the direct objects
Intransitive Verbs
 Intransitive verbs: They express actions
that cannot have a direct object.
 There often is a prepositional phrase or
adverb after the verb.
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The train from Montreal arrived four hours late.
Jack fell on the rocks in the alley.
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Transitive or Intransitive
 Baseball is played at the stadium.
 I’m rooting for the shortstop.
 He runs quickly after the ball.
 Then, he spins around and throws to first base.
 The runner beats the runner to the base.
 Our team has beaten this team before.
 After the final play, they congratulate each other.
 The players take off and head to the showers.
Direct Objects
 A Direct object is a noun(s) or pronoun(s) that
completes the action of the verb.
 It receives the action.
 Direct objects answer “who?” or “what?”
 Direct objects only follow TRANSITIVE action
verbs!
 Example: The dog licked the teacher.
VERB
DIRECT OBJECT
Direct Object Examples…
 Zippy and Maurice played soccer with a
grapefruit pulled from a backyard tree.
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Zippy, Maurice = subjects; played = verb.
Zippy and Maurice played what? Soccer =
direct object.
 Zippy accidentally kicked Maurice in the shin.
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Zippy = subject; kicked = verb. Zippy kicked
who? Maurice = direct object.
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 According to the instructions, we must leave
this goo in our hair for twenty minutes.
 The audience attentively watched the latest
production of Macbeth.
 Every spring, William moves all boxes and
trunks from one side of the attic to the other.
Indirect Objects
 An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that
indirectly receives the action.
 The action happens to them or for them, but
the indirect object does not actually receive
the action.
 “For whom am I doing this wonderful thing?”
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Bob gave Gertrude a bottle to store her gas.
Bob gave the bottle to Gertrude. (NO I.O.!)
He sent the college his application.
He made his dog a pooper scooper.
iTry
Find the simple subject, direct object, and
prepositional phrase
1. The students of these lessons have studied subjects
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and verbs.
The hungry man ate, cake, pie, and rolls in the
bakery!!!
John wants a bicycle and a wagon for Christmas.
Everyone at the party enjoyed the hamburgers, hot
dogs, potato chips, and drinks.
Grandma left her umbrella and coat at our house.
Helping Verbs
 A helping verb is a verb
that comes before the
main verb and adds to
its meaning.
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He was leading the
team to victory.
He had been leading
the team to victory.
He should have been
leading the team to
victory.
 Helping Verbs:
Am, are, is, was, were, be,
being, been, have, has,
had, can, could, do,
does, did, may, might,
must, shall, should, will,
would
VERB PHRASE!
Verb Phrases
 A verb phrase is one, two or three helping
verbs combined with one main verb. The
largest amount of verbs in a verb phrase is
four.
 Examples of verb phrases:
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have given
should have given,
should have been given
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 He has given money to charity.
 We should have studied harder for the test.
 I could have been studying harder a week
before the test.
 We could go to the party.
 Bob may be hiding from the police.
 Vampires could eat you.
Separated Verbs
 A helping verb and main verb may not always
be together side by side .
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have not (adverb) been eating
will probably(adverb) be studying
shouldn’t( adverb) be going
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 We have probably eaten all of the cookies.
 The show must have ended an hour ago.
 She might have stopped the video too soon.
 Sally may have been trying to take my paper.
 Bob should definitely have passed this test
easily.
 I may not redo the homework.
Verbs in a Question
 In an interrogative sentence, the verbs will be
separated by another word that is not a verb.
The helping verb will start off the sentence.
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Should I go with you to the mall? (Should-hv,
go-mv)
Will Mom pick us up after the game? (Will-hvpick-mv)
Have we always traveled to the mountains in
his spring? (Have-hv traveled-mv)
iTry
Fill in the blanks with a helping verb and main
verb
1. _____I _____ the night at Jane’s house?
2. _____ the bus____ us up in front of our
house?
3. _____ the basketball team_____ the
championship game ?
4. _____ I ______ my room right now?
Linking Verbs
 A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun to a word
that identifies or describes the noun are pronoun.
 The most common linking verbs: be, am, are, is,
was, were.
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Bill is funny.
The puppies were smelly.
I am cool.
 Other linking verbs: appear, become, feel, grow,
look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn
Linking Verbs iTry
 Identify the linking verbs.
1. Laura is a historian.
2. The grapes taste like death.
3. The cake looks delicious!
4. We were at the store.
5. I am twelve.