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Key aspects about verbs:•A verb is a word which shows action or state of being.

•A verb is the ♥ of a sentence.

•Recognizing the verb is often the most important step in understanding the meaning of a sentence.

•Verbs change their form to show differences in: • tense (past, present, future)

• person (first person, second person, third person),

• number (singular, plural) and

• voice (active, passive)

•Verbs can change their meaning when they are accompanied by verb-like words (helping verbs) called:

• Modals (may, could, should, etc.) and

• Auxiliaries (do, have, be, etc.)

Key aspects about verbs:•A verb must "agree" with its subject.

•Usually a subject comes before a verb and an object may come after it.

SUBJECT – VERB – OBJECT

Bob ate a hamburger

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Subject Verb (present form)

I Am – Have – Go

She – He . It Is – Has – Goes

You – We - They Are – Have - Go

Tips to identify Action VerbsLook at every word in the sentence and ask yourself:

"Is this something that a person or thing can do?"

For example:

During the summer, my puppy constantly runs and plays around.

• Can you during? NO• Can you the? NO• Can you summer? NO• Can you my? NO• Can you puppy? NO• Can you constantly? NO• Can you pant? Bingo! • Can you and? NO• Can you drool? Sure!• Can you around? NO

The 5 verb forms

To walk walks walked (has) walked (is) walking

To walk walks walked (have) walked

(be) walked(be) walking

base form-s form (present simple)

past form-ed form

(participle &passive )

-ing form

Auxiliary Verbs

Do

Be

Have

cannot occur alone

always occur with a main

verb

are sometimes called helping

verbs

Modal Verbs

• Can

• MayPermission

• Must

• Have toObligation

• Can

• CouldAbility

• Will Would

• ShallPrediction

• May Might

• Must

Probability or possibility

• Should

• Ought to Advice

Do not have participle orinfinitive forms.

Do not do not take the ending -(e)s in the third-person singular.

Let’s find & classify some verbs!

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