7 th Grade Language Arts

Ms. Smith

UNIT 10 VERBS

An action verb is a word that names an action. It may contain more than one word.

Examples of physical: write, block, tackle, attack, catch, charge.

Examples of mental: remember, honor.

Sports experts write about athletes.

10.1 ACTION VERBS

A direct object receives the action of a verb. It answers the question “whom? Or what?” after an action verb.Example: The team carried gloves and bats

into the stadium. A transitive verb has a direct object.Example: The punter kicks the football.

(Kicks what? Football)An intransitive verb does not have a direct object. Example: The team played well. (Does not

answer “whom?” or “what?”)

10.2 TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS

An indirect object answers the question to whom? or for whom? an action is done.Example: Kobe Bryant shows his

teammates new shots.The direct object in this sentence is shots. The indirect object is teammates. Example: The helper gives the players

towels. (players is the indirect object).Example: The helper gives towels to the

players. (no indirect object).

10.3 VERBS WITH INDIRECT OBJECTS

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or an adjective in the predicate. Example: Travis Hoffman was the manager.

(was is a linking verb).Common linking verbs: be, become, seem,

appear, look, grow, taste, feel, smell, sound)A predicate noun is a noun that follows a linking verb. It tells what the subject is. Example: Caitlyn is a pitcher. (pitcher is a

predicate noun.)

10.4 LINKING VERBS AND PREDICATE VERBS

A predicate adjective is an adjective (word that describes) that follows a linking verb. It describes the subject by telling what it is like. Example: The pitcher is skillful. (Skillful

is a predicate adjective. It describes the pitcher).

10.4 LINKING VERBS AND PREDICATE WORDS (CONTINUED)

A tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.

The present tense of a verb names an action that happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. Singular examples: I race.You race.She races. The past tense of a verb names an action that already happened. Examples: The runner trained hard. I He

gained fame as an athlete.

10.5 PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE TENSES

Skip 6 pages in your notes. On your next clean page, write:Lesson 10.3 Exercise 5 Page 404Write the fi rst sentence:The tournament sometimes attracts good athletes. If the sentence contains a direct object, underline it

once. If it contains an indirect object underline it twice.

The tournament sometimes attracts good athletes. (D.O)

The university gave the tournament its support. The university gave the tournament its support.

(tournament I.O.; support D.O).HW Page 404 Ex 5 #1-20. Due Wednesday.

HOMEWORK 5/13/14