Verb: a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being.

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Verb a word used to express an action, a
condition, or a state of being.

• The two main kinds of verbs are action verbs and
  linking verbs.
• Both of these kinds of verbs can appear with
  helping verbs.

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Action Verb tells what the subject does. The
action may be physical or mental.

• She rides motorcycles
• She subject
• rides action verb (describes a physical action)
• I prefer a bike.
• I subject
• prefer action verb (describes a mental action)

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Linking Verb links the subject of a sentence to
a word in the predicate

• The most common linking verbs are forms of the
  verb be (be, is, am, are, was, were, been,
  being)
• We are late. I am hungry. He is being silly.
• There are other linking verbs, and they express
  a condition (look, smell, feel, sound, taste,
  seem, grow, appear, become)
• She sounds great! It feels cold. They seem bored.

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Be careful! Some verbs may act either as action
verbs or linking verbs

• You must think about what the verb is doing to
  figure it out.
• She smells the perfume
• action verb -- smells is something she is
  physically doing
• It smells flowery
• linking -- smell links the subject, I, to the
  predicate adjective, flowery
• I taste cinnamon (action)
• This tastes gross (linking)

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Helping Verb adds functional or grammatical
meaning for example, to express tense

• Common helping verbs
• Forms of have
• Has, have, had
• Forms of do
• Do, does, did
• Forms of be
• Be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
• Others
• Could, should, would,
• may, might, must,
• can, shall, will

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A few verbs can serve as either helping verbs or
main verbs

• He has a tractor.
• main verb has
• Owning it is an active idea
• Its not a linking verb because it does not link
  he to a noun or adjective that describes he
• He has eaten today.
• main verb eaten
• has helping verb (it adds meaning to the main
  verb)

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Underline the verb/verb phrase, then mark A,
H, or L

1. Mail travels overseas on airplanes.
2. Mail can also go overseas by boats.
3. Boats are slower but less expensive.
4. Boats might take weeks for the trip.
5. Boats were once the only form of transportation
   across the ocean.
6. The post office can use trucks, trains, and
   planes to move mail.
7. In the past, horses have carried mail.

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Action Verbs and Objects

• Action verbs are often paired with compliments.
  
• Compliments are words that complete the meaning
  of the active verb.
• Complements fall into two categories, direct
  objects, and indirect objects.

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Direct Objects a word or words that name the
receiver of the action

• They answer the question what? or whom?
  receives the action of the verb.
• Larry tells lots of funny stories.
• tells verb
• stories direct object
• Tina passed Erin on the way to school.
• passed verb
• Erin direct object

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Indirect Objects tells who/what an action is
done to or for

• It answers the questions to what? to whom? for
  what? for whom?
• Larry tells his friends stories.
• Larry tells stories to whom? Friends.
• friends indirect object
• Emma gives the flowers water.
• Emma gives water to what? Flowers.
• flowers indirect object

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Important The indirect object does not follow a
preposition

• If a preposition is used, then the word becomes
  the object of that preposition.
• For example, to, and for are prepositions, so
  in these sentences there is no indirect object
• We will make an offer to the man.
• to preposition
• man object of preposition, NOT indirect object
• Get a job for yourself.
• for preposition
• yourself object of preposition

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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

• Transitive verbs take a direct object
• Lyle patted the dogs fur.
• patted transitive
• Intransitive verbs dont take an object
• Lyle patted softly.
• patted intransitive

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Do not confuse adverbs with direct objects!

• A word is only a direct object if that word
  answers the question what is being verbed or
  who is being verbed.
• Laura danced the Tango.
• Gina claps her hands.
• An adverb tells how, when, where, or to what
  extent (it gives more detail about a verb).
• Laura danced wildly.
• Gina claps loudly.

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Which verbs are transitive, and which ones are
intransitive?

1. Joe read to the class.
2. Gordon was writing Katrina a long letter.
3. Anna spoke indistinctly.
4. Peter and John presented a little skit.
5. John played the part of a policeman.

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Find the direct objects and indirect objects

1. Joe read to the class.
2. Gordon was writing Katrina a long letter.
3. Anna spoke indistinctly.
4. Peter and John presented a little skit.
5. John played the part of a policeman.