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Verbs
By: Becky Cunningham,
Mike Morse, and Francie
Kanis
Definitions
 Action Verb- Describes a mental or
physical action.
 Auxiliary Verb- Helps the main verb
express action.
 Compound Verb- Consist of two or more
verbs that are joined by a conjunction.
 Intransitive Verb- Expresses action
without action passing to a receiver or
object.
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 Irregular Verb- Forms its past in some
other way than by adding –d or –ed.
 Linking Verbs- connects the subject to a
word group that identifies or describes
the subject.
 Precise Verbs- They tell what and how
something was done.
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 Precise verb- They tell what and how
something is done.
 Regular verb- Forms its past and past
participle by adding –d or –ed.
 Transitive verb- Verb that expresses an
action toward a person, place, or thing.
 Troublesome Verb- verb that is written in
different forms.
Examples of Verbs
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Action verb – Kicking
Auxiliary verb – Did
Compound verb – “Entered and won”
Intransitive verb – Stayed
Irregular verb – “I had to bend over”
Linking verb- “The dog smelled the
bread”
Examples of Verbs
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Precise verb – Diligently
Regular verb – Yelled
Transitive verbs – Crying
Troublesome – Lie means “to recline” or
“to remain in a lying position”. Lie does
not take an object. Lay means “to put” or
“to place”. Lay generally takes an object.
Find And Identify The Verb
 The dog jumped over the bench so that
he could get his dinner.
 I stayed back while she won the contest
for our team.
 I yelled at him to stop throwing snow at
everyone at lunch.