1. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs

2. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Action Verbs
Express an action
Examples
Write
Sing
Jump
Trust
Love
Hate
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3. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Linking Verbs
Help to make a statement not by expressing an action but by serving as a link between two words
Leaves become more fragile when they fall from a tree.
Leaves=fragile
become establishes the link
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4. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Linking Verbs
Most commonly used linking verbs are forms of the verb to be
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5. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Example of to be Be
Being Am Is
Are
Was
Were
Shall be
Will be
Has been
Have been
Had been
Shall have been
Will have been
Should be
Would be
Can be
Could be
Should have been
Would have been
Could have been
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6. Other Common Linking Verbs
Appear
Become
Feel
Grow
Look
remain
Seem
Smell
Sound
Stay
Taste
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7. Sometimes linking verbs can be used as action verbs
Tammy felt sad about her poor test score.
Linking Verb: Tammy=sad
Tammy felt the eraser in her hand
Action Verb
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8. Sometimes linking verbs can be used as action verbs
My hair grows long.
Linking Verb: hair=long
My hair grows quickly.
Action Verb
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9. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Helpful Hint
If you can replace the verb in the sentence with a form of to be and not change the meaning of the sentence, then the verb is most likely a linking verb
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10. Helpful Hint (continued)
He appears angry.
Verb—appears
Substitute the appropriate form of to be
He is angry.
Meaning does not change
appears is a linking verb
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11. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Verb Phrases
A verb frequently has one or more helping verbs
The verb and the helping verbs make up a unit that is called the verb phrase
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12. Commonly Used Helping Verbs
Will
Shall
Have
Has
Had
Can
May
Might Do
Does
Did
Must
Ought
Should
Would
And the forms of the verb to be (see linking verbs)
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13. Helping Verbs: Examples
She will play baseball later in the day.
Tom might have helped with the yard work.
You can clean the kitchen now.
We are leaving tomorrow.
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14. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Helpful Hint
When listing a verb phrase, only list the verb and the helping verbs; do not list any modifiers (especially negative words like not).
He will not play
Verb Phrase: will play
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15. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Assignment
On a separate sheet of paper, please rewrite the following sentences. Number your paper 1-21 and list every verb found in each sentence. Be sure to include the entire verb phrase. Also, identify the type of verb (action or linking). The number in parenthesis tells you how many verbs are in that sentence.
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16. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
Assignment
When I was a kid, I had a major problem. (2)
I loved to run. (1)
In fact, I always ran. (1)
Many people encouraged me to jog. (1)
Many people suggested that I should walk.(2)
I would always smile as I ran past them. (2)
As I grew older, I discovered that it was difficult to meet people because I could never sit still. (4)
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17. Geschke/English IV Grammar Unit Verbs
8. I had to run. (1)
9. A runner lives a lonely life. (1)
10. People do not realize how my hobby has changed my life. (2)
11. Without this pastime, I might have many friends, but I would not have inner peace. (2)
12. Running completes me. (1)
13. It had me at hello. (1)
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