ACTION VERBS The Doers The verb is the engine of a sentence. It drives, energizes, and keeps the sentence going. The power a verb generates is what’s.

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ACTION VERBS The Doers

The verb is the engine of a sentence. It drives, energizes, and keeps the sentence going. The power a verb generates is what’s really important. No verb? No sentence!

Action verb The owl hooted all night long! She thought about the problem. physical mental shows either physical or mental action

The Verb Phrase Beth is floating on the inner tube. Sometimes two or more verbs work together to show action. The heron has been walking along the shoreline all morning.

Main verb Verb phrase Is the word that shows the action A group of verbs working together Helping verb Assists the main verb in showing action Sally will be dancing all night long! Will be dancing is the verb phrase. Dancing is the main verb Will, be are the helping verbs When identifying the verb in a sentence, you must include the entire verb phrase.

Bell Ringer - What does an action verb do? Write the answer in a complete sentence. Using your silent reading book find and write an example of a sentence that contains an action verb. (Sentence should be 7 words or less.)