1. Nouns Review  Definition: A person, place, thing, or idea  Ex: dog, cheese, Chicago, freedom, Bob, boredom

2. Underline the nouns in the following sentences… 1.Murphy, my dog, enjoys eating carrots, going on long walks, and chewing his bone. 2.Our dog loves the freedom of our large yard. 3.The restaurant has the best egg rolls in town. 4.Have you ever tried to make a guinea pig do backflips?

3. How did you do? 1.Murphy, my dog, enjoys eating carrots, going on long walks, and chewing his bone. 2.Our dog loves the freedom of our large yard. 3.The restaurant has the best egg rolls in town. 4.Have you ever tried to make a guinea pig do backflips?

4. Verbs Definition: A word that expresses an action or helps to make a statement.

5. Verb Tenses and Time Verbs can show different times through Tense Forms. PRESENT TENSE- Actions that are happening right now. PRESENT TENSE- Actions that are happening right now. Ex. She runs fast. PAST TENSE- Actions that took place in the past. Ex. She ran fast. FUTURE TENSE- Actions that will take place in the future. Ex. She will run fast.

6. Verb Tree Verbs are either Action or Linking or Helping/Auxiliary (aka State of being verbs) (aka State of being verbs) TransitiveIntransitive Verb phrases are made up of a Helping verb and an Action or Linking verb.

7. Types of Verbs: Action  Action Verbs: Verbs that express an action.  Ex. Run, jump, do, go  Not all actions can be seen (ex. know, believe, think, remember) Underline the action verbs. The cat coughed up a hair ball. The cheese melted. She remembered her homework.

8. How did you do? The cat coughed up a hair ball. The cheese melted. She remembered her homework.

9. Linking Verbs  Definition: Verbs that help to make a statement by acting as a link between two words. They do not express an action.  Also known as state of being verbs.  Linking verbs could be replaced by an equals sign and the sentence would still mean the same thing.  Ex. Lucky is a leprechaun. Means the same as… Lucky = a leprechaun.

10. Most Common Linking Verbs You don’t need to write all of these down Bebeingam shall bewill behas been should bewould becan be isarewas Werehave beenhad been Shall have beenwill have been Could beshould have been **Some of these are verb phrases, which we will focus on later this year.

11. Other Common Linking Verbs (state of being verbs) You don’t need to write all of these Appeargrowseemstay Becomelooksmelltaste Feelremainsoundturn Some of the above linking verbs can also act as action verbs. Ex. The dog smelled horrible. LINKING Ex. The dog smelled the bug. ACTION

12. Helping Verbs Helping Verb: A form of the verb BE that helps to express an action. - Sometimes the helping verb and main verb are together. Ex. She will run soon. - Sometimes the helping verb and main verb are separated by other words. Ex. We could never have moved that car alone.

13. Verb Phrases  Sometimes, one verb is not enough to express an action or make a statement. Verb Phrase: A group of verbs that act together to express one action or statement. Verb phrases include a main verb (action or linking) and a helping verb. Ex. The cheese will melt in 5 minutes. Ex. The dog has run to the fence.

14. Underline all the verbs, including verb phrases. 1. 1.On my Wii remote, you push the power button to turn it on and to turn it off. 2. 2.Leslie was more than willing to help Ms. Davis hand back the papers. 3. 3.Timmy had to put on his hat before he went outside to play in the snow. 4. 4.A strange noise woke up the children in the middle of the night.

15. How did you do? 1. 1.On my Wii remote, you push the power button to turn it on and to turn it off. 2. 2.Leslie was more than willing to help Ms. Davis hand back the papers. 3. 3.Timmy had to put on his hat before he went outside to play in the snow. 4. 4.A strange noise woke up the children in the middle of the night.