Verbs

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Verbs

• Show me the action!

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What is a verb?

• A verb expresses the action or condition of a
  person, place, or thing.
• A sentence must contain a verb for it to be a
  complete thought.
• Bob jumped onto the desk.
• He shouted to the class.
• The class quivered in fear.
• The desk cracked.
• Bob fell.
• The class chuckled.

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Action Verbs

• An action verb indicates the action of a person
  or thing.
• The action can be visible (seen) or mental
  (unseen).
• Examples
• Bob wrote the poem.
• Everyone believes in the Tooth Fairy.
• Bob ate the giant cockroach.

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iTry

• Identify the action verb(s) in the sentences
  below.
• We swam across the ocean.
• Computers replaced typewriters many years ago.
• My sister would not share her toys, so I hit her.
• Eventually, my dog died.
• I cried because my dog died.

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Transitive Verbs

• Transitive verb An action verb that has a
  direct object.
• Without a direct object, its meaning is
  incomplete.
• The direct object is never in a prepositional
  phrase.
• I gave birthday presents to my twin cousins.
• gave is a transitive verb
• presents is the direct object (answers WHAT was
  given)
• Sue helped her mother wash the dishes in the sink
  after dinner.
• helped and washed are transitive verbs
• mother and dishes are the direct objects

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Intransitive Verbs

• Intransitive verbs They express actions that
  cannot have a direct object.
• There often is a prepositional phrase or adverb
  after the verb.
• Examples
• The train from Montreal arrived four hours late.
• Jack fell on the rocks in the alley.

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iTryTransitive or Intransitive

• Baseball is played at the stadium.
• Im rooting for the shortstop.
• He runs quickly after the ball.
• Then, he spins around and throws to first base.
• The runner beats the runner to the base.
• Our team has beaten this team before.
• After the final play, they congratulate each
  other.
• The players take off and head to the showers.

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Direct Objects

• A Direct object is a noun(s) or pronoun(s) that
  completes the action of the verb.
• It receives the action.
• Direct objects answer who? or what?
• Direct objects only follow TRANSITIVE action
  verbs!
• Example The dog licked the teacher.

VERB
DIRECT OBJECT
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Direct Object Examples

• Zippy and Maurice played soccer with a grapefruit
  pulled from a backyard tree.
• Zippy, Maurice subjects played verb. Zippy
  and Maurice played what? Soccer direct object.
• Zippy accidentally kicked Maurice in the shin.
• Zippy subject kicked verb. Zippy kicked who?
  Maurice direct object.

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• According to the instructions, we must leave this
  goo in our hair for twenty minutes.
• The audience attentively watched the latest
  production of Macbeth.
• Every spring, William moves all boxes and trunks
  from one side of the attic to the other.

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Indirect Objects

• An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that
  indirectly receives the action.
• The action happens to them or for them, but the
  indirect object does not actually receive the
  action.
• For whom am I doing this wonderful thing?
• Bob gave Gertrude a bottle to store her gas.
• Bob gave the bottle to Gertrude. (NO I.O.!)
• He sent the college his application.
• He made his dog a pooper scooper.

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iTryFind the simple subject, direct object, and
prepositional phrase

1. The students of these lessons have studied
   subjects and verbs.
2. The hungry man ate, cake, pie, and rolls in the
   bakery!!!
3. John wants a bicycle and a wagon for Christmas.
4. Everyone at the party enjoyed the hamburgers,
   hot dogs, potato chips, and drinks.
5. Grandma left her umbrella and coat at our house.

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Helping Verbs

• A helping verb is a verb that comes before the
  main verb and adds to its meaning.
• Examples
• He was leading the team to victory.
• He had been leading the team to victory.
• He should have been leading the team to victory.
  

• Helping Verbs
• Am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, have,
  has, had, can, could, do, does, did, may, might,
  must, shall, should, will, would

VERB PHRASE!
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Verb Phrases

• A verb phrase is one, two or three helping verbs
  combined with one main verb. The largest amount
  of verbs in a verb phrase is four.
• Examples of verb phrases
• have given
• should have given,
• should have been given

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iTry Identify the MV and HV

• He has given money to charity.
• We should have studied harder for the test.
• I could have been studying harder a week before
  the test.
• We could go to the party.
• Bob may be hiding from the police.
• Vampires could eat you.
  

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Separated Verbs

• A helping verb and main verb may not always be
  together side by side .
• Examples
• have not (adverb) been eating
• will probably(adverb) be studying
• shouldnt( adverb) be going

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• We have probably eaten all of the cookies.
• The show must have ended an hour ago.
• She might have stopped the video too soon.
• Sally may have been trying to take my paper.
• Bob should definitely have passed this test
  easily.
• I may not redo the homework.

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Verbs in a Question

• In an interrogative sentence, the verbs will be
  separated by another word that is not a verb. The
  helping verb will start off the sentence.
• Examples
• Should I go with you to the mall? (Should-hv,
  go-mv)
• Will Mom pick us up after the game? (Will-hv-
  pick-mv)
• Have we always traveled to the mountains in his
  spring? (Have-hv traveled-mv)

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• Fill in the blanks with a helping verb and main
  verb
• _____I _____ the night at Janes house?
• _____ the bus____ us up in front of our house?
• _____ the basketball team_____ the championship
  game ?
• _____ I ______ my room right now?

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Linking Verbs

• A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun to a
  word that identifies or describes the noun are
  pronoun.
• The most common linking verbs be, am, are, is,
  was, were.
• Bill is funny.
• The puppies were smelly.
• I am cool.
• Other linking verbs appear, become, feel, grow,
  look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste,
  turn

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Linking Verbs iTry

• Identify the linking verbs.
• Laura is a historian.
• The grapes taste like death.
• The cake looks delicious!
• We were at the store.
• I am twelve.