PPT-Lesson 3: Linking Verbs

Review We have learned how to check for a complete sentence capital punctuation S V We have learned the PENS strategy and how to use it to write our own complete sentence We have learned about action verbs and how to use them in a sentence . Types of verbs. {Wednesday, August 19. th. }. Which sentence is written correctly? . The tiny children be very sleepy. . The tiny children are very sleepy. . The tiny children was very sleepy. . The tiny children been very sleepy. Model for Grammar Presentation. “…it is nouns and verbs, not their assistants, that give good writing its toughness and color” (. Strunk. 72). . Example:. “There is an abandoned store on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street in Lorain, Ohio. It does not . Action Verb tell what the subject is doing.. . -An action verb can be found by asking the. question, “Can I….?”. . -Action verbs can be actions of the body or mind.. . Examples of action verbs:. pp. 61-64 and pp. . 97-99 in . Elements of Language. , 4. th. Course. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs. A verb phrase consists of one main verb and possibly one or more helping verbs. Helping Verbs. Sing to the tune of “London Bridges Falling Down”. Unit 10. Action Verbs. There are two main kinds of verbs: . action verbs. and . linking verbs. .. An . action verb . names an action. It may contain more than one word.. Action Verbs. There are two different kinds of . A GUIDE TO VERBS. A verb is a word which expresses action or a state of being.. Action verbs show action like physical activity and movement.. State of being means that instead of an action, the verb can show a condition of how something is existing in the world. It communicates how we are, how we’re feeling, and how things are behaving around us.. English 9A . Bellwork. 1. Action Verb Review. Action. . verbs show . action.. Sometimes, however, . you can. ’. t see the action even though it. ’. s happening, as with . to think. or . to know. . D. efinition:. . Action verbs. tell what subject does or did.. Sentence Examples: . The runner . sprinted. towards the base.. The batter. . hit . a walk-off home run.. He . dove. for the catch.. Action Verbs . Most often show . physical action . such as talked, freezes, jump, arrives, and threw . Can also show . mental action . (i.e. remember, considered, thinks, realizes, and learns) . Example Action Verbs . Is necessary to make a statement. Primary characteristic of a verb is its ability to express time. Verbs express time by means of . tense forms (past, present, future tense). Present Tense: They watch the race.. Ex). Father carries the ladder.. The ship chugged into the harbor.. I believe it will snow.. Sandor remembered to bring his puzzle.. Some action verbs, such as carries or chugged, can be seen. . Some actions, such as believe or remembered, cannot be seen.. Author: . Chris Van . Allsburg. Genre: . Fantasy. Small Group. . Timer. Review Games. Story Sort. Vocabulary. . Words. :. Arcade Games. Study Stack . Spelling City: Vocabulary. Spelling City: Spelling Words . Skills Focused Lessons . Linking verbs . expresses a state of being. They connect or link, the subject to a word group that identifies or describes the subject. . Common Linking Verbs . Am . Is . Are . Parts of Speech Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjections Nouns Person, place, thing, idea Concrete nouns – can be perceived with at least one of the five senses (rock, salt, scream)