1. VERBS
(KINDS OF VERBS)

2. wHAt is verb?
Latin verbum meaning word. -is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). 
-is a word that shows an action

3. Examples I washed the car yesterday. The dog ate my homework.
John studies English and French.
Lucy enjoys listening to music.

4. Types of verbs
Action
Linking
Helping

5. ACTION VERB -Tells what the subject is doing
Run
Hide
Swim
Walk

6. Example LINKING VERBS 1. Keila is a shopaholic.
-do not express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
Example
1. Keila is a shopaholic.

7. is are was were being been am
Common linking verb
is are was were being been am

8. HELPING VERB Example She will go to the store.
-Helping verbs are also called ‘’auxiliary verbs’’. - have no meaning on their own.
Example
She will go to the store.

9. Primary helping verbs (3 verbs)be
to make continuous tenses (He is watching TV.)
to make the passive (Small fish are eaten by big fish.)
have
to make perfect tenses (I have finished my homework.) do
to make negatives (I do not like you.)
to ask questions (Do you want some coffee?)
to show emphasis (I do want you to pass your exam.)
to stand for a main verb in some constructions (He speaks faster than shedoes.)

10. Common helping verb
shall we should would could must might can may have had has do did is are was were am being been