Verb Flip Book

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Action Verb

• Tells what the subject does• Action can be physical or mental• Example:

Early humans moved constantly. (physical)These people worried about survival.(mental)

Linking Verb

• Links its subject to a word in the predicate• The most common linking verbs are forms

of the verb be:• Be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being• Appear, become, feel, grow, sound, seem,

look and taste can be linking verbs• Example:

I am happy.Larissa seemed surprised.

Helping Verbs

• Help main verbs express action• Helping verbs + main verb= verb

phrase• Common helping verbs-

Forms of be: be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being

Forms of have: have, has, hadOther forms: could, should, would,

may, might, must, can, shall, will

Helping Verbs

• Examples:Animals could carry human loadsfarther.(Could- helping verb, carry- main verb)

People had mastered many skills.(Had- helping verb, mastered- main

verb)

Verb Tenses

• Tense- is a verb form that shows the time of an action or condition

• Tenses: past, present, future, past participle

Verb Tenses

• Present- occurs now. I skate.• Past- occurred in the past. I skated.• Future- will occur in the future. I will

skate. • Past Participle- add has, have, or had

to the past tense. I had skated.

Regular Verbs

• Form past and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the present form.

Present Past Past Participlewalk walked has, had, have walkedmove moved has, had, have movedlive lived has, had, have lived

Irregular Verbs

• Verbs whose past and past participle forms are not made by adding -d or -ed to the present form.

Present Past Past ParticipleBring brought has broughtCatch caught has caughtDig dug has dugBreak broke has broken

Indirect Object

Indirect object- Usually a noun or pronounFollows an action verb Receives the action of the verbAnswers- to what or whom? For

what or whom?

Indirect Object

• Examples: Kathryn gave her sisters a ride. Sisters- indirect object- answers to

whom? Ride- direct object- answers what?

Indirect Object

• Examples: Hannah sent Stephanie a card. Stephanie- indirect object- answers to

whom? Card- direct object- answers what?

Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs

• Singular subjects- take singular verbs• To form singular verbs- add “s”• Example:

Teamwork is important in a jazz band.Teamwork- singular

Is- singular Each musician listens to the other.

Each musician- singular listens- singular

Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs

• Plural subjects- take plural verbs• To form plural verbs- no “s”• Example:

The musicians play with sheet music.musicians-plural

play- plural They hear changes in each other’s sounds.

they -plural hear- plural (no “s”)