VERBS – Unit 36th Grade

By: Angélica Guerra, MS

Greater Miami Adventist Academy

Collated with Houghton Mifflin – English 6

ACTION VERBS - 1• VERB: The main word in the predicate /

The simple predicate• ACTION VERB: What the subject does or did

• I cook dinner. - Ann grabbed an apple.

• Action can be:• PHYSICAL: can be seen (I eat soup.)• MENTAL or EMOTIONAL: cannot be seen

(I want a dog. / The boy studies his lesson.)

Make a sentence using an

action verb:

MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS - 2

• VERB PHRASE: A verb that is made up of more than ONE word

• VERB PHRASE is made up of:• MAIN VERB – the verb that expresses the action or being• HELPING VERBS – work with the main verb and don’t

show any actionEX: Bill has eaten his dinner. / I would have gone home!

Memorize list of Helping Verbs on p. 120.

MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS continuation…

• Some verbs can be a MAIN VERB in one sentence and a HELPING VERB in another.

• MAIN VB.= I did my work yesterday.• HELPING VB.= I did see you at the

mall.

• In questions the verb parts may be separated. May I go with you? / Should we eat now?

Make sentences with VERB PHRASES:

TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERBS lessons 3 & 4

• TRANSITIVE VB.= A verb that SENDS its action to a noun or pronoun– DIRECT OBJECT = The noun or pronoun that

RECEIVES the action

The teacher writes a letter.

• INTRANSITIVE VB.= A verb that DOESN’T send its action anywhere (no Direct Object)

The teacher writes.

Make sentences: some Transitive & others Intransitive

(ask the proper question on each)

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DIRECT OBJECT - lesson 3• A noun or pronoun that tells WHO or

WHAT receives the action of the verb.• We climbed Mt. Rainer.

• D.O. may be a noun or pronoun.• The doctor helped Ana.• The doctor helped her.

• D.O. may be compound (more than 1)• The bear eats berries and fish.

Tell if the sentence is Transitive or Intransitive; if transitive, identify the D.O.

• My golden retriever runs a lot.

• She eats biscuits and fruit.

• She barks all day long.• I made dinner for her.• I took her and my friend

Kathy to the museum.

Make a sentence with D.O. (for extra points – more than one D.O.)

BEING VERBS & LINKING VERBS - 5

BEING VERBS• Show what the subject

is or is like. Ana seems tired. The janitor was tired.

See and memorize: common Being Verbs on

page 129

• A BEING verb is often a LINKING verb – It links the subject to a word in the predicate.

• The word it is linked to is either:– Predicate Noun

• My mom is a doctor.

– Predicate Adjective• My mom is tired.

PREDICATE NOUNS & PREDICATE ADJECTIVES – use with Linking Verbs

• LINKING VERB: Links or connects the subject to another word in the PREDICATE

• PREDICATE NOUN: Renames the subjectQuinoa is a grain. / It was a popular food for

the Incas.• PREDICATE ADJECTIVE: Describes subject

It is delicious. / This grain tastes good.

Some verbs can be either linking verbs or action verbs:

LINKING• The pilot looks young.• Lucy smelled sweaty.

ACTION• The boy looks at the dog.• I smelled the rose.

Tell if the verb is ACTION or LINKING:• The new girl has become my friend.• The project appears copied.• The teacher tasted the soup.• It tasted too salty.• Jan feels the surface of the table.

Make 2 sentences with LINKING verbs – one with predicate noun

or predicate adjective:

SIMPLE VERB TENSES - 6

• Tense means WHEN the action or state of being takes place.

• PRESENT: Is happening now• Remember: 3rd person singular – add –s • He sings a song. Steve laughs. Maria smells the rose.

• PAST: Already happened• FUTURE: Is going to happen

THE VERB BE - The most common verb Simple Tense ReviewNUMBER PERSON PAST PRESENT FUTURE

1st singular

I was am will be

2nd singular

YOU were are will be

3rd singular

HE / SHE / IT was is will be

1st plural

WE were are will be

2nd plural

YOU were are will be

3rd plural THEY were are will be

PERFECT TENSES - 7PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT

FUTURE PERFECT

Action that took place at an indefinite

time in the past; it may still be going on

Action in the past that was completed before

another action took place

Action that will be completed before another action in

the future

Manny has walked these halls for years.

Manny had finished eating before lunch ended.

Manny will have graduated before May 21, 2013.

NOW PRACTICE WRITING SENTENCES WITH THESE PERFECT TENSE VERBS:

PAST PERF. • conduct• laugh• sleep

PRESENT PERF.• plant • wipe• cry

FUTURE PER.• coach • fix• wrestle

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT - 9

• A verb and its subject MUST agree in number– Singular verb = singular subject An ant crawls.

–Plural verb = plural subject Three ant crawl.

• The verb BE doesn’t follow the usual rules.–Check chart on page 144

Make a sentence with the proper form of BE the teacher will tell you:

More Subject-Verb Agreement – 10(Agreement with Compound Subject)

• When joining subject with words such as OR, EITHER…OR, or NEITHER…NOR, the verb may be singular or plural.

• Plural verb: if both subjects are plural.– The dogs and cats were both eating.

• Singular verb: if both subjects are singular.– Neither Jim nor Steve is here.

Continuation… (lesson 10)

• Verb Agrees with the SUBJECT CLOSEST: When ONE subject is singular and ONE is plural.– Either the twins or Marc is singing today.– Either Marc or the twins are singing today.

****Choose the correct verb:****– Ana or my parent ______ taking me to church.– Neither the sixth graders nor Mr. Cortes ____ here.

Make a sentence that requires subject-verb agreement (help yourself with the previous 2 slides):

Continuation… (lesson 10)• INVERTED SENTENCE – The subject IS NOT at

the beginning.

• When a sentence begins with HERE or THERE, the verb MUST also agree with the subject.

• To find the subject, ask: WHO or WHAT IS HERE?– Here is the book. (What is here?)– There are my friends! (Who is here?)

Make a sentence using HERE or THERE:

CONTRACTIONS - 11• Sometimes the verb is shortened in the cont.–Notice that the apostrophe goes where the

letter is missing:

We are = we’reI am – I’m

• Often a verb and NOT are combined.–NOT is not part of the verb!

Ana isn’t coming today. / Ana is not coming today.

Write a sentence with a contraction:

THE END

Now, prepare for your test!