Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech

• Verbs

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Basic Definition

• A verb expresses an action, a condition, or a
  state of being
• Ex marches, look, is, be

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Types of Verbs

• Action
• A verb that expresses either physical or mental
  action.
• Ex The band marches onto the field
• Action verbs can be either transitive or
  intransitive

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• Transitive verbs are action verbs that have an
  object.
• To find an object, you must ask yourself
  __(verb)____ who or what?
• Ex Danny plays the trumpet like a professional
• Danny plays what?
• The trumpet! Trumpet is an object of the verb,
  making it a transitive verb.

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• Intransitive verbs are verbs without an object.
• Ex He travels with the other musicians.
• Travels who or what? No answerno object

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Linking Verbs

• Linking Verbs link the subject of the sentence to
  words later in the sentence.
• Linking verbs are either forms of be, or show a
  condition
• Forms of be is, am, are, was, were, been, being
• Condition look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow,
  appear, become, seem, remain

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Auxiliary Verbs

• Helping verbs
• Combine with verbs to make verb phrases
• Be, can, have, may, might, must, shall, should,
  will, would
• Ex She has practiced her drumming all summer.

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Any questions?

• Lets do page 16 together
• Homework page 585 Verbs 1-10
• (its exercise 4)