L3 Verbs 4 WK 2

VERBS
ENG 0999
 Verbs show action or state of
being.
Examples: go, is
 An action verb expresses a
physical or mental action.
Example: He paints.
We thought about it.
A  An action verb is a word that names
an action. It may contain more than
C one word.
V  Notice the following action verbs.
T
I E  Sports experts write about the
football player Jim Thorpe even
O R today. Thorpe blocked like a tank.
He tackled like a tornado. In every
N B game Thorpe attacked his
opponents with all his might. He
S caught the ball skillfully and
charged ahead fearlessly. Experts
still remember and honor Thorpe’s
greatness.
A  An action verb can express physical
actions, such as writing and running, or
C mental activities such as thinking and
honoring.
T V
I Physical Mental
E
O write remember
R
N block honor
B
tackle prefer
S
catch excel
charge regarded
PRACTICE WORK FROM
ADVANCE ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
LINKING
VERBS
Linking Verbs and Predicate Words
Linking verbs tell what the subject is or is like.
A linking verb connects the subject
of a sentence with a noun or an
adjective in the predicate.
Linking Verb
John McGraw was the manager.
Subject Predicate Noun

Common Linking Verbs
be become
grow
seem turn
appear taste
look feel
smell sound
Many of these linking verbs can also be used

as action verbs.
Chandra turned thirteen. (Linking Verb)
The car turned the corner. (Action Verb)
Predicate Nouns
A predicate noun follows a linking verb.
It tells what the subject is.
Sam is a pitcher.
Susan was our best player.
Will you be my friend?

Predicate Adjectives
A predicate adjective follows a linking
verb. It describes the subject by telling
what it is like.
Samantha is beautiful.
Susan was bored with sports.
Will the game be interesting?

ETHERTON
HELPING
VERBS
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Verbs have four principal parts that are
used to form all tenses. The chart below
show how the principal parts of most
verbs are formed..
Principal Parts of Verbs
Base Form Present Past Form Past
Participle Participle
jump jumping jumped jumped
The principal parts of verbs are often combined

with helping verbs to form verb phrases.
Helping Verbs Defined
A helping verb is a
verb that helps the
main verb tell about
an action or make a
statement.
Helping Verbs List
is have should shall
was has could will
were had would do
are did
am may does
be mightcan
been, being must
A verb phrase consists of one or more
helping verbs followed by a main verb.
Helping Verbs and Verb Phrases
The students are jumping rope now.
In the sentence above, the word are is

the helping verb, and the present participle
jumping is the main verb. Together they form
a verb phrase.
A verb phrase consists of one or more

helping verbs followed by a main verb.
Activity 3
MEMORIZE
HELPING VERBS
TRANSITIVE AND
INTRANSITIVE
VERBS
Transitive Verbs
Transitive verbs have direct objects.
Direct objects receive the action of a
verb. It answers the question whom?
or what? after an action verb.
Action Verb Direct Object
what?
The quarterback throws the football.

Intransitive Verbs
Sometimes an action verb does
not have a direct object.
Then the verb is intransitive.
Action Verb
The singer sang well.
In the above sentence , well

does not answer the question
whom? or what?.
Verbs with Indirect Objects
An indirect object answers the
question to whom? or for whom?
an action is done
Action Verb
Michael Jordan shows his teammates new

shots.
what? to whom?
Direct Object Indirect object

Activity 4
GUM WORKBOOK
PAGES 50-51
VERB TENSE
Present, Past, and Future Tenses
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A present tense of a verb names an
action that happens regularly. It
can also express a general truth.
Present Tense Forms
Singular Plural
I race. We race.
You race. You race.
He, she, or it races. They race.
The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place.
A past tense of a verb names an
action already happened.
The past tense of many verbs is formed by
adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
Past Tense Forms

Singular Plural
I raced. We raced.
You raced. You raced.
He, she, or it raced. They raced.
A future tense of a verb names an
action that will take place in the
future.
In the future tense the word will is used with
the verb. Sometimes shall is used when the
pronoun I or we is the subject.
Future Tense Forms
Singular Plural
I will (shall) go. We will (shall) go.
You will go. You will go.
He, she, or it will go. They will go.
Helping Verbs Tense
Present Past Past Participle
am – is - are was -were have – has - had
Combine with the

present participle
form of the verb.
Combine with the
past participle
form of the verb.
Activity 8
Write the Present Participle, Past,
and Past Participle form of the
following verbs.
Make 4 columns.
1. dance 2. fly 3. score

4. run 5. adjust 6. break
7. sing 8. bounce
9. profit 10. drive
Helping Verbs – Past Participle
Using Have, Has, Had
Singular Plural
I have jumped. We have jumped.
You have jumped. You have jumped.
She has jumped. They have jumped.
Singular Plural
I had jumped. We had jumped.
You had jumped. You had jumped.
She had jumped. They had jumped.

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VERBS

physical or mental action.

John McGraw was the manager.

Subject Predicate Noun

Many of these linking verbs can also be used

Susan was our best player.

Will you be my friend?

Susan was bored with sports.

Will the game be interesting?

The principal parts of verbs are often combined

In the sentence above, the word are is

A verb phrase consists of one or more

Action Verb Direct Object

The quarterback throws the football.

The singer sang well.

In the above sentence , well

Michael Jordan shows his teammates new

Direct Object Indirect object

Past Tense Forms

Combine with the

1. dance 2. fly 3. score

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