VERBS

A VERB EXPRESSES THE ACTION

OR CONDITION OF A PERSON,

PLACE, OR THING

THREE TYPES OF VERBS

•ACTION VERBS

•LINKING VERBS

•HELPING VERBS

ACTION VERBS•ACTION VERBS INDICATE THE ACTION OF A PERSON OR THING AND IT CAN BE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL.

•EXAMPLES:

•MY MOM MAKES DINNER EVERY NIGHT.

•ALLISON WROTE A LETTER TO HER FRIEND.

•I FORGOT MY BOOK LAST NIGHT AND COULDN’T COMPLETE MY HOMEWORK.

ARE THESE ACTION VERBS PHYSICAL OR MENTAL

•CALL FALL

•RUN THINK

•KNOW REMEMBER

•CARE DREAM

• TALK MOVE

LINKING VERBSDEFINITION: A LINKING VERB CONNECTS THE SUBJECT TO A NOUN OR ADJECTIVE THAT IDENTIFIES IT OR DESCRIBES IT.

EXAMPLES:

MOM WAS READY TO GO.

MRS. BREITBARTH IS A TEACHER.

IT TASTES GOOD.

LINK THE SUBJECT AND THE NOUN OR ADJECTIVE IN THE SENTENCE WITH THE LINKING VERB

•MY MOTHER IS GREAT AT COOKING.

•BASEBALL GAMES ARE FUN TO WATCH.

•I AM TALLER THAN MY BEST FRIEND.

•THE MOVIE WAS VERY INTERESTING.

HELPING VERBDEFINITION: A HELPING VERB IS A VERB THAT COMES BEFORE THE MAIN VERB AND ADDS TO ITS MEANING.

EXAMPLE:

HE WAS LEADING THE RACE.

HE HAD BEEN RUNNING THE RACE.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WINNING THE RACE.

IDENTIFY THE HELPING VERB.

•SHE IS WONDERING AROUND THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

•DANNY IS GOING TO THE RACES THIS WEEKEND.

•DOGS ARE RUNNING AROUND THE PARK WITH THEIR OWNERS.

•MY FRIEND IS COMING OVER TO MY HOUSE LATER.

COMMON HELPING VERBS

•AM HAVE ARE HAS MIGHT

•IS HAD MUST WAS CAN

•WERE COULD SHOULD BE DO

•WILL BEING DOES WOULD BEEN

•DID SHALL MAY

COPY THE SENTENCES BELOW AND LABEL THE VERB AS AN ACTION VERB, HELPING VERB, OR LINKING VERB.• 1. DAD IS GOING TO THE STORE.

• 2. JOE IS A FRIEND OF MINE.

• 3. MATT RAN THROUGH THE RAIN TO GET TO SCHOOL.

• 4. WE ARE MAKING PIZZA TONIGHT FOR DINNER.

• 5. SHE HAD BEEN WALKING FOR MILES BEFORE REACHING THE GAS STATION.

• 6. CATS ARE COOL PETS!

YOU TRY! TELL SOMEONE NEXT TO YOU ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF VERBS!

•EXPLAIN WHAT ACTION VERBS ARE.

•EXPLAIN WHAT LINKING VERBS ARE.

•EXPLAIN WHAT HELPING VERBS ARE.