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Verbs
American Lit
Verb
• a word or group of words that expresses time
while showing an action, a condition, or the
fact that something exists
• help make statements, ask questions, or
deliver commands
• every complete sentence must have at least
one verb
Action and Linking Verbs
• Action: is a verb that
tells what action
someone or something
is performing
• can be visible or mental
• EX: Tim baked an apple
pie.
• EX: I thought of you.
• Linking: is a verb that
connects its subject
with a noun, pronoun,
or adjective that
identifies or describes
the subject
• Ex: That man is a
famous hockey player.
• The ice surface seems
smooth.
The forms of be
The verb be is the most common linking verb
-most often, the forms of be that function as linking verbs
express the condition of the subject, but they may also
express existence
Ex: The skater is on the ice.
• see chart on page 375
• other linking verbs –see chart on page 375
• some other linking verbs may also be action verbsdepends on the context of the sentence.
• Linking: The air felt cold.
• Action: The skiers felt a chilly wind.
Verbs: Either Transitive and
Intransitive
• Transitive: directs action • Intransitive: does not
toward someone or
direct attention toward
something named in
anyone or anything
the same sentence
named in the same
sentence
• the word toward which
a transitive word directs • linking verbs do not
its action is called the
express action, so they
object of the verb
are always intransitive
• determine the object by
asking whom or what
after the verb
Examples
• Transitive
– He drove the car around
the block.
– They climbed the
mountain that winter.
– The dangerous storm
stopped the trip.
• Intransitive
– He drove around the
block.
– They climbed very
slowly.
– The trip was stopped
when the storm came.
Verb Phrases
• a verb that has more than one word is a verb
phrase
• consists of a main verb and one or more
helping verbs
• Helping verbs are often called auxiliary verbs
• as many as 3 helping verbs may precede the
main verb in a verb phrase
Verb Phrases
• the forms of •
be can be
used as
helping verbs
• a verb phrase
may be
interrupted
by other
words
other helping
verbs include
– do
– does
– did
– have
– has had
– shall
– should
– will
– would
– can
– could
– may
– might
– must
Examples
• I should have taken a horse-and-carriage ride
through the snow
• Should I take a horse-and-carriage ride
through the snow?
• They will be going to the arena.
• They will soon be going to the arena.