Verb Review

VerbsA word used to express action or a state of being

Helping Verb: helps the main verb express and action/state of being Also known as auxiliary verb He has been praised.

Verb phrase: contains helping verb and main verb; is sometimes interrupted by another part of speech

VerbsAction verb: verb that expresses physical or

mental activity

Langston Hughes wrote volumes of poetry.

Physical activity: laugh, paint, leap, sneeze, play

Mental activity: understand, trust, realize, dream, wish

VerbsLinking verbs: connect subject to a word or word

group that identifies/describes the subject

Noun, pronoun, adjective that is connected to the subject by a linking verb completes the meaning of the verb

Common linking verbs: am, are, been, is, was, being, appear, grow, seem, taste, smell, sound, become, feel, remain

The watermelon looks ripe.

VerbsTransitive verbs: express an action directed toward

a person, place, thing, or idea

Action passes from doer (subject) to the receiver of the action (direct object)

Emily brought flowers.

TRANSITIVE VERBS REQUIRE DIRECT OBJECTS***

Verbs Intransitive verbs: express action (or tells

something about the subject) without the action passing to a receiver of the object

Linking verbs are intransitive verbs because…?

The twins played quietly.

Intransitive vs. Transitive Joan swam ten laps.

Joan swam well.

The teacher read a poem.

The teacher read aloud.

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