Action Verbs

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Action Verbs

• You have learned that the predicate of a sentence
  tells what the subject is or does. The main word
  in the predicate is the verb. Most verbs are
  action verbs. An ACTION VERB shows what the
  subject does or did.

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What is the action verb?

• She learned basketball and baseball as a child.
• At sixteen she joined an excellent basketball
  team.

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Answers

• She learned basketball and baseball as a child.
• At sixteen she joined an excellent baseball team.

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Direct Objects

• A direct object follows the action verb. A
  direct object is a noun or pronoun in the
  predicate that receives the action of the verb.

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What is the Direct Object?

• The captain ordered the sailors on deck.
• -verb ordered
• -direct object ask yourself who the captain
  ordered.
• -d.o. - sailors

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What is the direct object?

• Some sailors mopped the deck.
• A crew member spotted some whales.
• He carried his binoculars.
• He shared his observations with another sailor.

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Answers

• Some sailors mopped the deck.
• -what did the sailors mop?
• A crew member spotted some whales.
• -what did the crew members spot?
• He carried his binoculars.
• -what did he carry?
• He shared his observations with another sailor.