Action words, or verbs, bring our language to life'

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VERBS

• Action words, or verbs, bring our language to
  life.

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Action Verbs

• The main word in the predicate is the verb.
• A verb is a word that can show action.
• When a verb tells what people or things do, it is
  called an action verb.

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Action Verbs
read
write
catch
paint
eat
point
ride
swim
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The Special Verb be

• The verb be has special forms for different
  subjects.
• The verb be does not show action. It tells what
  someone or something is or is like.

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The Special Verb be
present past
The dog is barking.
The dog was barking.
I am reading.
I was reading.
We were happy.
We are happy.
You are sick.
You were sick.
She is sleeping.
She was sleeping.
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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

• A verb may be more than one word.
• The main verb is the most important word.
• The helping verb comes before it.

Some Common Helping Verbs am was has is were
have are will had
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Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Helping Verb
Main Verb
I am writing a funny story.
We were swimming at my friends house
yesterday.
She was riding her new
bicycle.
The baby is sleeping in her
carriage.
The men are playing a game of
cards.
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Making Subjects and Verb Agree

• A verb in the present tense must agree with the
  subject of the sentence.
• Singular Subjects When the subject is a
  singular noun or he, she, or it, add s to the
  verb.
• Plural Subjects When the subject is a plural
  noun, or I, we, you, or they, do not add an s to
  the verb.

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Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Singular Subjects
Plural Subjects
he hammers
the leaves fall
the stars shine
she sews
we play
the boy washes
they marry
the horse jumps
the boats sail
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Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
Treat I and you the same as plural subjects do
not add an s to the verb.
you race
I cheer
I jump
you drive
I ski
you surf
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Contractions with Not

• Sometimes you can join a verb with the word not.
• The shortened word you make when you join the two
  words is called a contraction.
• An apostrophe () is used to take the place of
  the letter or letters that you leave out.

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Contractions with Not
two words contraction

• have not haven't
• cannot can't
• should not shouldn't
• will not won't
• had not hadn't
• were not weren't

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The End
Of Verbs Part 1
Verbs Part 2 Verb Tenses
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