Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs VERBS. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs Action Verbs...

Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs

VERBS


Action Verbs

• Express an action– Examples

• Write• Sing• Jump• Trust• Love• Hate


Linking Verbs

• Help to make a statement not by expressing an action but by serving as a link between two words

– Leaves become more fragile when they fall from a tree.

• Leaves=fragile• become establishes the link


Linking Verbs

• Most commonly used linking verbs are forms of the verb to be


Example of to be

• Be• Being• Am• Is• Are• Was• Were• Shall be• Will be• Has been

• Have been• Had been• Shall have been• Will have been• Should be• Would be• Can be• Could be• Should have been• Would have been• Could have been


Other Common Linking Verbs

• Appear• Become• Feel• Grow• Look• remain

• Seem• Smell• Sound• Stay• Taste


Sometimes linking verbs canbe used as action verbs

• Tammy felt sad about her poor test score.

– Linking Verb: Tammy=sad

• Tammy felt the eraser in her hand– Action Verb


Sometimes linking verbs canbe used as action verbs

• My hair grows long.– Linking Verb: hair=long

• My hair grows quickly.– Action Verb


Helpful Hint

• If you can replace the verb in the sentence with a form of to be and not change the meaning of the sentence, then the verb is most likely a linking verb


Helpful Hint (continued)

• He appears angry.– Verb—appears– Substitute the appropriate form of to

be– He is angry.– Meaning does not change– appears is a linking verb


Verb Phrases

• A verb frequently has one or more helping verbs

• The verb and the helping verbs make up a unit that is called the verb phrase


Commonly Used Helping Verbs

• Will• Shall• Have• Has• Had• Can• May• Might• Do

• Does• Did• Must• Ought• Should• Would• And the forms of

the verb to be (see linking verbs)


Helping Verbs: Examples

• She will play baseball later in the day.

• Tom might have helped with the yard work.

• You can clean the kitchen now.• We are leaving tomorrow.


Helpful Hint

• When listing a verb phrase, only list the verb and the helping verbs; do not list any modifiers (especially negative words like not).

– He will not play– Verb Phrase: will play


Assignment

• On a separate sheet of paper, please rewrite the following sentences. Number your paper 1-21 and list every verb found in each sentence. Be sure to include the entire verb phrase. Also, identify the type of verb (action or linking). The number in parenthesis tells you how many verbs are in that sentence.


Assignment1. When I was a kid, I had a major problem. (2) 2. I loved to run. (1)3. In fact, I always ran. (1)4. Many people encouraged me to jog. (1)5. Many people suggested that I should walk.

(2) 6. I would always smile as I ran past them. (2) 7. As I grew older, I discovered that it was

difficult to meet people because I could never sit still. (4)


8. I had to run. (1)9. A runner lives a lonely life. (1)10. People do not realize how my

hobby has changed my life. (2)11. Without this pastime, I might have

many friends, but I would not have inner peace. (2)

12. Running completes me. (1)13. It had me at hello. (1)

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