1. What is a verb? A word that shows someone is doing something
A word that expresses what something is
A verb tells what a noun IS or what it is DOING

2. Two kinds of verbs
Action verbswords that show what the subject is DOING/what is HAPPENING in the sentence
Ryan asked a question about the warm-up.
I ran today.
Linking verbsshow a state of being; connect the subject to a word in the predicate that completes it (SUBJECT COMPLEMENT)
I was tired yesterday. (“tired” is the predicate adjective)
Alessandro is my famdawg. (“famdawg” is the predicate nominative)
I am evil. (“evil” is the predicate adjective)

3. Types of Verbs, continued
Action verbs take a direct object (D.O.) because they show something that you DO
Linking verbs take a subject complement

4. Dragons can destroy villages as they are built.
Did you know that dinosaurs are extinct?
Dinosaurs like to eat.
I will need my wand for this dragon.
Do you like dragons?

5. Verb Phrases
Phrase=group of words (helping verb + main verb) Verb phrase=a verb that uses more than one word to say it Ex: I will do my homework.

6. Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
“Principal”main
Principal partmain forms/parts of verbs
4 principal parts are
Present
Present participle
Past
Past participle

7. Present (shows something happening right now); has no ending
Example: “play” “talk” “wash”
Present participle (shows continuing action); ends in –ing
Example: “playing” “talking” “washing”
Past (shows something that already happened); ends in –ed
Example: “played” “talked” “washed”
Past participle (helping verb + 3rd principal part)
Example: “had played” “had talked” “had washed”

8. Principal Parts of REGULAR Verbs
Present
Present Participle (-ing)
Past (-ed/d)
Past Participle (had + 3rd PP)
Walk
(is) walking
Walked
has/have/had walked
Yell
Yelling
Yelled
Has/have/had yelled
Scream
Screaming
Screamed
Has/have/had screamed
Dance
Dancing
Danced
Has/have/had danced
Eat
Eating

9. Principal Parts of IRREGULAR Verbs
An irregular verb is a verb whose 3rd and 4th principal parts do NOT end in -ed

10. Verb Tenses
A tense of a verb shows WHEN the action/state of being occurred/will occur
Simple
Perfect
Present
Past
Future

11. Simple Present Tense— “to play”
Singular
Plural
I play
We play
You play
You (all) play
He/She/It plays
They play

12. Simple Past Tense– “to play”
Singular
Plural
I played
We played
You played
You (all) played
He/She/It played
They played

13. Simple future tense– “to play”
Singular
Plural
I will play
We will play
You will play
You (all) will play
He/She/It will play
They will play

14. Present Perfect Tense— “to clean”
Singular
Plural
I have cleaned
We have cleaned
You have cleaned
You (all) have cleaned
He/She/It has cleaned
They have cleaned

15. Past Perfect Tense– “to clean”
Singular
Plural
I had cleaned
We had cleaned
You had cleaned
You (all) had cleaned
He/She/It had cleaned
They had cleaned

16. Future Perfect Tense – “to clean”
Singular
Plural
I will have cleaned
We will have cleaned
You will have cleaned
You (all) will have cleaned
He/She/It will have cleaned
They will have cleaned