Post on 16-Dec-2015
Understanding Verbs
The heart of a sentence.
The verb shows action.
• The action can be physical:
yell
dance
kiss
The action can be mental.
• wish
meditate
Let’s practice finding the action verb.
• Click on the verb in the sentence below.
I adore all forms of chocolate.
Not quite!
• Click here to try again.
Good!
• Let’s try another. Click on the action verb.
• Bill sent me a rather rude email.
Not exactly!
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Right!
• Let’s try another.
• Every morning, Rebecca goes for a run.
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You’ve got it!
• Try another!
Coach Johnson benched the starting
quarterback.
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Right!
• Here’s another sentence:
• Marcus considered all his financial options very carefully.
Oops!
• Click here to try again.
Correct!!
• You’re on a roll!
• Please tell us the joke about the one-legged Martian.
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Good!
• Click on the verb.
• After work, Jeremy usually takes his dog for a walk.
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• Click here to try again.
You’re right!
• Click on the verb.
• My psychology class meets every Monday and Wednesday.
Not exactly.
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Good!
• It’s time to move on to another type of verb:
the linking verb
The linking verb
A linking verb doesn’t show physical or mental action.
Instead, the linking verb shows a “state of being.”
Here are some examples:
Martin is a carpenter.
This bread seems stale.
We are Marshall.
Linking verbs don’t show action.
Linking verbs “link” a subject to a descriptive word.
Here are common linking verbs:
Is am was werebe
Being been
Sensory Linking Verbs
The following five verbs, related to our five senses, are also linking verbs:
LookFeel
SoundTasteSmell
More Linking Verbs
The following words can also be linking verbs:
TurnGrow
AppearSeem
Become
Let’s practice!
• Click on the linking verb in the sentence below:
Derrick is a professional photographer.
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• Click here to try again.
Yes!
• Let’s try another:
• Chad seems quite unhappy this afternoon.
Not quite!
• Click here to try again.
Correct!
• Here’s another:
• That dog certainly looks mean.
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• Click here to try again.
You’ve got it!
• Here’s another:
• The runner was completely exhausted.
Not quite!
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Right!
• Here’s one more:
• The geese were especially aggressive yesterday.
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Yes!!
• Let’s try just one more:
• After the stern lecture, the children became quite obedient.
Not quite!
• Click here to try again.
Excellent!
• Now you have a good understanding of the two main types of verbs.
• In the next lesson, you will learn about compound verbs and helping verbs.