Understanding Verbs

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Understanding Verbs

• The heart of a sentence.

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The verb shows action.

• The action can be physical
• yell
• dance
• kiss

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The action can be mental.

• wish
• meditate

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Lets practice finding the action verb.

• Click on the verb in the sentence below.
• I adore all forms of chocolate.

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Not quite!

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Good!

• Lets try another. Click on the action verb.
• Bill sent me a rather rude email.

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Not exactly!

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Right!

• Lets try another.
• Every morning, Rebecca goes for a run.

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Not quite!

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Youve got it!

• Try another!
• Coach Johnson benched the starting
• quarterback.

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Not quite!

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Right!

• Heres another sentence
• Marcus considered all his financial options very
  carefully.

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Oops!

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Correct!!

• Youre on a roll!
• Please tell us the joke about the one-legged
  Martian.

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Not exactly!

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Good!

• Click on the verb.
• After work, Jeremy usually takes his dog for a
  walk.

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Oops!

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Youre right!

• Click on the verb.
• My psychology class meets every Monday and
  Wednesday.

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Not exactly.

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Good!

• Its time to move on to another type of verb
• the linking verb

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The linking verb

• A linking verb doesnt show physical or mental
  action.
• Instead, the linking verb shows a state of
  being.

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Here are some examples

• Martin is a carpenter.
• This bread seems stale.
• We are Marshall.

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Linking verbs dont show action.

• Linking verbs link a subject to a descriptive
  word.
• Here are common linking verbs
• Is am was were be
• Being been

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Sensory Linking Verbs

• The following five verbs, related to our five
  senses, are also linking verbs
• Look
• Feel
• Sound
• Taste
• Smell

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More Linking Verbs

• The following words can also be linking verbs
• Turn
• Grow
• Appear
• Seem
• Become

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Lets practice!

• Click on the linking verb in the sentence below
• Derrick is a professional photographer.

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Oops!

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Yes!

• Lets try another
• Chad seems quite unhappy this afternoon.

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Not quite!

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Correct!

• Heres another
• That dog certainly looks mean.

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Oops!

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Youve got it!

• Heres another
• The runner was completely exhausted.

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Not quite!

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Right!

• Heres one more
• The geese were especially aggressive yesterday.

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Oops!

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Yes!!

• Lets try just one more
• After the stern lecture, the children became
  quite obedient.

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Not quite!

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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.