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1. Action verbs • tell what action is occurring • can show physical or mental action • answer the question: “What is the subject doing?” Examples: •Susan ran the mile in gym. •Susan knew she got her best time ever. 2. Helping verbs have no meaning by themselves • are used with a main verb (Together they make a verb phrase.) • They “help” the main verb (which has the real meaning). • Examples: •Susan will run the mile in gym. •Susan should know she got her best time ever. • Not every sentence has a helping verb. • Helping verbs are often found with “-ing” verbs, such as “running”. • A sentence may contain up to three helping verbs with the main verb. Examples: •Susan will be running the mile in gym. •Susan must have been thinking she got her best time ever. Old Mr. Do Once upon a time there was a wealthy merchant named Mr. Do. Mr. Do was very old and very rich. His many relatives were dreaming of the day the old man would die. They wondered which one of them would inherit his money. Finally, one day Mr. Do did die. All the relatives searched his house for a will. They didn't find one. They searched his house three times. They still did not find a will. The relatives did not get one dime of Mr. Do's fortune. The moral: Maybe Mr. Do should have a will. Remember this sentence and you will know how to set up a chart of the 23 helping verbs! Maybe Mr. Do should have a will. Notice that verbs in three of the families can also stand alone and be the main verb of the sentence. Ex. We are seventh graders. (are = main [linking] verb) Ex. We are learning about helping verbs. (are = helping verb; learning = main verb) 3. Linking verbs • express a state of being • show a relationship, not an action • link (or connect) the subject to a word that describes that subject Examples: •Susan is a runner. •Susan was the winner of the race. Forms of “to be” – state of being verbs • • • • • • • • is am are was were be being been Other common linking verbs include: • • • • • • • • • • • look smell sound taste feel appear become seem grow remain stay Be careful – these words can be used as an action verb or a linking verb! • To help you decide if one of these verbs is a linking verb, substitute is or are for the verb. If the sentence still makes sense, the verb is probably a linking verb. Example: • The penguin looks comical. (Here, the penguin is being something.) • The penguin is comical. Non-Example: • The penguin looks for food. • The penguin is for its food. (Here, the penguin is doing something.) Linking Verb Action Verb The koala baby looks cute. The koala baby looks for its mother. The bark feels smooth. We feel the tree bark. The flower smells sweet. I smelled the sweet flower. John looked at the delicious pie. The man felt tired. The ghost appeared in my dream. The sandpaper felt rough. An infinitive will almost always begin with “to” followed by the simple form of the verb, like this: “to” + verb = infinitive examples: ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ to to to to to to to to sneeze smash cry shriek jump read eat be An infinitive is a verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. To leave is rude. She is the candidate to watch. (Noun – subject of the sentence) (Adjective –describing the noun “candidate”) We came to sing. (Adverb – describing the verb “came” and why we came) Do not confuse an infinitive with a prepositional phrase that begins with “to.” Infinitives: Prepositional phrases: •to go •to forget •to graduate •to them •to the mall •to the nearest exit (Remember: An infinitive is “to” + verb) (Remember: A preposition has a noun or pronoun as its object.) Worksheet