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Parts of Speech
Verbs
Basic Definition
A verb expresses an action, a
condition, or a state of being
– Ex: marches, look, is, be
Types of Verbs
Action
A verb that expresses either physical or
mental action.
Ex: The band marches onto the field
Action verbs can be either transitive or
intransitive
Transitive verbs are action verbs that have
an object.
To find an object, you must ask yourself
__(verb)____ who or what?
Ex: Danny plays the trumpet like a
professional
Danny plays what?
The trumpet! Trumpet is an object of the
verb, making it a transitive verb.
Intransitive verbs are verbs without an
object.
Ex: He travels with the other
musicians.
Travels who or what? No answer=no
object
Linking Verbs
Linking Verbs link the subject of the
sentence to words later in the
sentence.
– Linking verbs are either forms of “be”,
or show a condition
Forms of be: is, am, are, was, were,
been, being
Condition: look, smell, feel, sound, taste,
grow, appear, become, seem, remain
Auxiliary Verbs
Helping verbs
Combine with verbs to make verb
phrases
– Be, can, have, may, might, must, shall,
should, will, would
– Ex: She has practiced her drumming all
summer.
Any questions?
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Homework: page 585 Verbs 1-10
(it’s exercise #4)