PDF-The Action Verb

Recognize an action verb when you see one Explode Scream Sneeze Type Kick What are these words doing They are expressing action something that a person animal force of nature or thing. Tenses. Angela Gulick. CAS Writing Specialist. June . 2015. Verbs. Think of a sentence like a movie. The . subject. is the “star” of your sentence, the person or thing around which all action revolves.. Action Verbs. Express physical or mental activity. Run, Ponder, Think, Throw, Contemplate. Transitive Verb. A transitive verb is an action verb that has . a direct object—a . word that tells who or what receives the action of the verb. A word that shows action, being or links a subject to a subject complement.. A math . metaphor . Most verbs SHOW action or make EQUATIONS. He is ugly (he=ugly). I jumped up.. The verb is ABOUT the noun.. O n l i n e W r i t i n g C e n t e r , D a r t o n S t a t e C o l l e g e 1 Verb Tenses I. future tenses. a. Verb tenses of regular verbs (using the verb to play ) : Singular Plural Present Tenses (verb)(verb) (verb)(verb) to surrenderto surrender Synonyms:Synonyms: surrendersurrender yield yield ( noun ( noun () Pressure from the general caused the Pressure from the general caused the men to 5. th. grade Literacy. {Monday, August . 22. nd. }. On a sheet of paper, copy . all. of your . for . the entire week. Make sure that you write . neatly. & that you write . everything. down. . . 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 Pg. 6. LINKING Pg. 7. HELPING Pg. 7. TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE Pg. 8. Subject verb agreement pg. 9. ACTION VERBS. Practice ACTION VERBS!. Locate the action verb/s in each sentence and write it down on your whiteboard.. What are the verb tenses? . . Present and present perfect. . Past and past perfect. . Future and future perfect. Consistency of tense. Modals. Review A. Review B. What are the verb tenses?. Verbs do a lot of work in sentences. They show actions and states of being. They even take different forms to show time.. 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.. subject. and a . predicate.. Subject: names the person place, thing, or idea spoken about in the rest of the sentence. Predicate: says something about the subject. Americans | have made quilts.. Subject Predicate. Identify and use the six major verb tenses correctly.. Identify and understand the four principal parts of verbs.. Conjugate regular and irregular verbs correctly. . Verb Tenses: . A . tense. is the form of a verb that shows the time of an action or condition. . La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . Verbs What is a Verb? a word which tells what the subject has, does, is , or feels expressed action or state of being Action Expresses action Run, jump, play, lean, write, laugh, love, remember Where would I place my line?