Download present tense verb

*Action
Verbs
*Helping
• Linking
*Three Forms of Verbs
Verbs
verbs
* Auxiliary is another name for Helping/Linking
Verbs!
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ran
*An action verb is a verb that
expresses either physical or mental
activity
swallowed
sang
coughed
awake
jump
To find the verb:
Locate the subject
Then ask yourself, “What is it doing?”
The dog barked.
Who? dog
“What did the dog do?”
barked
The verb is barked, it’s what the dog is doing.
1. The girls danced in the recital.
2. Our mailman drove a funny car last
week.
3. His teacher wrote the answers on
the board.
4. Alice worked on her homework last
night.
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*An action verb that describes
an action that is happening now
is called a present tense verb.
The bird flies
through the sky.
Flies is a present tense verb
because it is happening right
now.
*Many present tense verbs end
with s, but some end with es,
or ies.
sleeps
cries
*Present tense verbs
splashes
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• Verbs which tell about actions which
happened some time ago are past tense
verbs.
The dog desired a
bone.
Desired is a past tense
verb because the action
has already happened.
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*Many past tense verbs end
with ed, but some end with d,
or ied.
clapped
tried
played
*Future Verbs
*Verbs which tell about actions which
are going to happen are future tense
verbs.
We will awaken at six a.m.
Will awaken is a future tense
verb because the action has
not yet happened.
*Future tense verbs
• Future tense verbs use special words
to talk about things that will happen:
will, going to, shall, aim to, etc.
going to start
will enjoy
shall email
*A helping verb works with a main
verb to help you understand what
action is taking place.
Elmer was
using the
computer.
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*Not every sentence will have a helping verb with the
main verb.
*With “ing” verbs such as running, look for a helping
verb also!
*A sentence may have up to 3 helping verbs along with
the main verb.
*The boy must have been chasing his ball.
*At times there may be a word separating the helping
verb from the main verb such as not.
*The boy could not find his socks.
*A Linking verb connects or links a subject to a
noun or an adjective in the predicate
*I feel shakey whenever I hear about
earthquakes.
*Shakey is the predicate adjective because it
is linked by the verb feel to the subject I .
*The San Andreas Fault is an earthquake zone
in California.
*Zone is a predicate noun because it is
linked by the verb is to the subject San
Andreas Fault
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IS
BE
AM
BEING DOES HAVE SHALL
MIGHT SEEM
ARE
BEEN
MUST
WAS
WERE
DO
DID
HAS
HAD
WILL
WOULD
MAY
SHOULD CAN
COULD
FEEL
APPEAR
TASTE
*Become
*Grow
*Look
*Remain
*Smell
*Sound
*Stay
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* 2 Characteristics
* Action verb
* Doable activity
* Direct Object
* something or someone who receives the action of the verb
* Example
* Sylvia kicked Juan under the table.
* Kicked = transitive verb; Juan = direct object.
* Joshua wants a smile from Leodine, his beautiful but serious lab partner.
* Wants = transitive verb; smile = direct object
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* 2 characteristics
*Action verb
*NO Direct Object
*Example
*Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom
door with only seven seconds to spare.
*Arrived = intransitive verb.
*To escape the midday sun, the cats lie in the
shade under our cars.
*Lie = intransitive verb.