01 Identify Verbs 02 Identify Action Verbs OBJECTIVES 03 Identify Linking Verbs 04 Differentiate between helping and main Verbs
05 Learn about Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 06 Identify Adverbs OBJECTIVES
Can you find the verb in the following sentences? I fell in the break. She understood the lesson. It is a bright sunny day. You are in a good mood. Jot this in your notebook, please.
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Here are some examples of Action Verbs : The boy cried . I saw the beautiful sunset! The dog runs quickly. We walked towards the beach. The girl ate the spaghetti her mother made.
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Physical and Mental Actions Verbs express actions . Actions can be mental , or physical . Jot this in your notebook, please.
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Jot this in your notebook, please. Linking Verbs
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Helping verbs and Main Verbs To find the helping verb, look for the main verb and then look for the word that joins it to the subject . They are playing basketball. I have completed my homework. Orange- Helping Verb Green- Main Verb Jot this in your notebook, please.
Helping verbs will always be followed by another verb; the main verb.
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Jot this in your notebook, please. Objects are people, places, things or ideas.
I baked a cake. I rode a bicycle. They played basketball. Transitive Verbs Need an object A object receives/takes the action. An object is a noun.
The children play checkers. The children play quietly. Mr. Lopez is baking this afternoon . Mr. Lopez is baking bread . Identify whether the verb in each sentence are transitive or intransitive. With transitive verbs , the action passes from the doer—the subject—to the receiver of the action.
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Quick Recap
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Adverbs Jot this in your notebook, please. I got my package yesterday . Toby lies sometimes . She was comforting a very small child. Put the apples there and we will eat them later . When? How often? To what extent? Where? When?
Adverbs
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Adverb or adjective? If you aren’t sure whether a word is an adjective or an adverb, ask yourself what it modifies. If a word modifies a noun or a pronoun, it is an adjective. She gave us a friendly hello . [ Friendly modifies the noun hello and is used as an adjective.] If a word modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb, then it is an adverb. People from many nations have come to the United States recently . [ The adverb recently modifies the verb have come.] Jot this in your notebook, please.
Adverb or adjective?
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What is a preposition? A preposition is a word or words that show(s) the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word . The cat walked through the door. The cat walked toward the door. The cat walked past the door. The kite in the tree is mine. The kite beside the tree is mine. The kite in front of the tree is mine. Jot this in your notebook, please.
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Prepositional phrases A prepositional phrase includes a preposition , a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition , and any modifiers of that object. You can press those leaves under glass . [ The noun glass is the object of the preposition under .] Fred stood in front of us . [ The pronoun us is the object of the compound preposition in front of .] The books in my new pack are heavy . [ The noun pack is the object of the preposition in. The words my and new modify pack.] A preposition may have more than one object. Thelma’s telegram to Nina and Ralph contained good news . [ The preposition to relates its objects, Nina and Ralph , to telegram.] The objects of prepositions may have modifiers. It happened during the last examination . [The and last are adjectives modifying examination , which is the object of the preposition during.] Jot this in your notebook, please.
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Preposition or Adverb? Some words may be used either as prepositions or as adverbs. Remember that a preposition always has an object . An adverb never does . If you can’t tell whether a word is used as an adverb or a preposition , look for an object. Jot this in your notebook, please. ADVERB I haven’t seen him since . PREPOSITION I haven’t seen him since Thursday. [ Thursday is the object of the preposition since.] ADVERBS The bear walked around and then went inside . PREPOSITIONS The bear walked around the yard and then went inside the cabin . [ Yard is the object of the preposition around. Cabin is the object of inside.]