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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? Let’s do page 16 together Homework: page 585 Verbs 1-10 (it’s exercise #4)