Transcript Helping Verbs

Ch. 12 Parts of Speech Overview
Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjunctions, Interjections
The Verb
• A word used to express action or a state
of being
– Helping or main
– Action or linking
– Transitive or intransitive
Helping and Main Verbs
• Helping verb helps the main verb express action or a
state of being
• Main verb + helping verb = verb phrase
Helping Verbs
am
be
have do
is
being has does
are been had did
was
were
shall may can
will
might could
should must
would
Helping and Main Verbs
Examples:
• They are conducting the meeting at three o’clock.
• She will be singing in the musical tomorrow evening.
• The television has been turned off for the night.
• The workers don’t agree with the company’s policy.
Action Verbs
• Expresses either physical or mental
activity
Examples:
• Gloria Estefan sang the national anthem at
the game
• The baseball player hit over 352 homeruns
in his career.
Linking Verbs
• Connects the subject to a word or word group
that identifies or describes the subject
Forms of Be: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Other forms:
appear
grow
seem
stay
become
look
smell
taste
feel
remain
sound
turn
Examples:
Linking Verbs
• The policemen remained calm during the hostage
situation.
• Your football is in my backyard.
• The kids felt happy after watching the funny movie.
• The flowers grew rapidly under the warmth of the
sun’s rays.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• Transitive – expresses an action directed toward
a person, place, thing, or idea
– Answers the question “what”
• Intransitive – expresses action that is not
directed toward a person, place, thing, or idea
– Is usually followed by an adverb or prepositional phrase
Examples:
Joel ate some candy.
(transitive)
Joel ate quickly.
(intransitive)
The Adverb
• Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
• Tells where, when, how, or to what extent (how
much or how long)
Examples:
The dolphin swam nearby.
Yesterday, many boats crossed the harbor.
Maggie watched her baby brother carefully.
The teacher was very proud of his students.
Adverb or Adjective?
• Many adverbs end in “-ly”
• “quick” = adjective
• “quickly” = adverb
Ex: The guests left very quickly.
Adjective +
loud
+
-ly
-ly
= Adverb
= loudly
Examples:
The plane recently stopped to refuel.
I stood in line for nearly two hours.
The Preposition
• Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun,
called the object of the preposition, to another
word
Examples:
OP
The box next to the table.
The box on the table.
The box under the table.
The box in front of the table.
More Examples
• The passengers climbed aboard the ship.
• At the time, the children thought it wasn’t going
to rain.
• There are many fun stories in American folktales.
• I ran toward the house in the pouring rain.
Adverb or Preposition?
Examples:
What is hiding outside?
- adverb
What is hiding outside the door?
- preposition
Rachel turned the radio off.
- adverb
The boat docked off the shore.
- preposition
The Conjunction
• A word used to join words or groups
For
And
Nor
But
Or
So
Yet
• Correlative conjunctions – pairs
both…and
whether…or
either…or
not only…but also
neither…nor
Examples
• The physician moved quickly but carefully.
• Tommy and Shay are going home.
• I wanted to join the choir, but I had karate practice
at the same time.
• Both my sister and I wear contacts.
• The winner received not only a large trophy but also
a hundred dollars in cash.
The Interjection
• A word used to express emotion
• Is followed by an exclamation point or comma.
• Usually comes at the beginning of a sentence.
Examples
Ouch! That hurt.
Thanks, I really appreciate it.
Will you bring your books, please?
Eureka! I solved the riddle!