Transcript verbs
Many VERBS express action Three types of verbs Main Action: Tells what the subject is doing Linking: Join the person/place/thing to something said about the person/place/thing Secondary Helping: attached to main verb Ask yourself: “What is the subject doing?” People applauded. Gloria wrote the answers on the board. She keeps special papers in it. The letter from the contest officials awarded her first prize. It tells her to “fly” over any obstacle. Daisy Russel lives in Missouri. Some verbs do not show action. Join the person/place/thing to something said about the person/place/thing Some examples: is, are, was, were Gloria is a teacher. Daisy is looking through her “brag book”. One letter in the book is especially important to her. Her entry was an essay about her life. The eagle on the front of her brag book has a special meaning. Helping verbs are verbs that, as their name suggests, help the main verb in a sentence by extending the meaning of the verb. be (including am, is, are, was, were, been) have, has had do, does, did can could may might will would shall should must ought to Action/Helping Verb (in front of main verb) Linking Verb (connects the subject and action) To find the verb: Ask yourself who or what is the sentence about? (subject) Then, look for the action. Subject- person, place or thing that is doing the action Predicate- what the subject is doing? Look for the action**** Who or What the sentence is about Can be a person, place, or thing Most birds can fly. Daniel can come with us to the movie. Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes. A large number of swimmers competed in the race this year. This beautiful 15th century painting is priceless. Says what the subject is doing Most birds can fly. Daniel can come with us to the movie. Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes. A large number of swimmers competed in the race this year. This beautiful 15th century painting is priceless. People applauded. Gloria wrote the answers on the board. She keeps special papers in it. The letter from the contest officials awarded her first prize. It tells her to “fly” over any obstacle. Daisy Russel lives in Missouri. Gloria is a teacher. Daisy is looking through her “brag book”. One letter in the book is especially important to her. Her entry was an essay about her life. The eagle on the front of her brag book has a special meaning. Verbs and Subject/Predicate 1. Menna typed on the computer keyboard. 2. The first grade teacher wrote the lesson on the board. 3. The ridiculously tall hat blocked my view in the movie theater. 4. My favorite video game was on sale at the store. 5. The energetic children ran around on the playground. 6. The lady with the hairnet on served lunch in the cafeteria. 7. Alan and Bryan walked to the store on Main Street after school. 8. The enthusiastic fans cheered when they saw the soccer game score. 9. The tired principal got into her car at the end of the day. 10. Mrs. Cortez’s students went on a field trip to the science museum. 11. We met our neighbors at O’Shea’s, the new Irish restaurant. 12. My Aunt Sally quizzed me on the multiplication facts last weekend. The parents of the two boys cheered loudly in the stands. The subject of my essay is not yet decided. Did the students at the high school learn their lesson? Venus is no longer considered a planet in our Solar System. The alternative route was much longer than the original one. The sugary cereal is not healthy and is, in fact, harmful to your body. The boys from Eastwood and their friends arrived ten minutes late. The band’s lead singer, Charles Loud, was once a very shy kid. The loud noises at the concert last night gave me a bad headache. Did you realize the extent of the damage caused by the tornado? How do you know the gentleman standing in the doorway of the school? The many different colors of the painting make it interesting. Whether a fan or not, you should support your school’s team. George Washington Carver discovered many uses for the peanut. The beginning of the school program included many talented choirs. The song about the mean little puppy made everyone laugh. The main word in the COMPLETE SUBJECT. Always a noun or pronoun. Gloria wrote the answers on the board. She keeps special papers in it. The letter from the contest officials awarded her first prize. It tells her to “fly” over any obstacle. Daisy Russel lives in Missouri. People applauded. The complete verb in the COMPLETE PREDICATE Gloria wrote the answers on the board. She keeps special papers in it. The letter from the contest officials awarded her first prize. It tells her to “fly” over any obstacle. Daisy Russel lives in Missouri. People applauded. Underline the simple subject and circle the simple predicate. A complete sentence is not merely a group of words with a capital letter at the beginning and a period or question mark at the end. A complete sentence has three components: 1. a subject (the actor in the sentence) 2. a predicate (the verb or action), and 3. a complete thought (it can stand alone and make sense—it’s independent). John waited for the bus all morning. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Some fragments are incomplete because they lack either a subject or a verb, or both “Joe is” "Eating chicken“ "A book without a cover" Your subject and verb must always agree Singular subject to singular verb Plural subject to plural verb Our baby sleeps more than ten hours a day. Some babies sleep even longer. 3 Types Simple Compound Complex Has one subject-verb combination and expresses one complete thought Our daughter cooked dinner tonight It can have more than one subject or more than one verb Shorts and T-shirts sway on the clothesline The children splashed and squealed in the swimming pool Made up of two or more complete thoughts. Rose wants chili for dinner, but she forgot to buy beans. The driver failed to signal, and he went through a stop sign. The meal was not hot, so we sent it back to the kitchen. Made up of one complete thought and a thought that begins with a dependent word like after, although, before, if, since, unless, when, where, and which