Transcript LINKING VERBS

Let’s Review
How much do you remember
about verbs?
How many types of verbs do you know?
1
2
3
The Answer
is……
2
4
What are the two types of verbs called?
____ ____ ____ ____
___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___
and
___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
GOOD JOB!!!
They are called…..
Body Action Verbs and
Mind Action Verbs
Let’s Review
Whip around
You are now ready for the next type
of verb…
LINKING VERBS
9
There are
linking
verbs to learn
That’s too many to memorize, so…….
we will use an easy trick to remember
them all.
Let’s see if you can fill in the missing verb
in each sentence.
was happy.
Yesterday, I ______
am
Today, I ________
happy.
be
Tomorrow, I will _______
happy.
So far you know 3 linking verbs.
That’s all I can think of now, so I will change
the pronoun “I” to “he” and see what
happens!
was
Yesterday, he _____
happy.
is
Today, he ________
happy.
be happy.
Tomorrow, he will ____
We only learned 1 more. We still have 5 to go.
That’s all I can think of now, so I will change the
pronoun “he” to “we” and see what happens!
were happy.
Yesterday, we _____
are
Today, we ________
happy.
Tomorrow, we will become
_____ happy.
How many linking verbs do we know so far?
The last 2 are more difficult.
been
For a very long time I have _______
happy.
If you walk around with a smile on your
seem
face, you will always ________
happy.
look
Look
Body
action
Linking
verb
I look at the
dog.
She looks
wonderful.
Why do we call these 9 verbs
“linking verbs?
S
V
Adj
The principal was proud.
The bracket links the subject and the
adjective with one of the 9 linking verbs.
Let’s use MARK
M
A = Ask where is the verb?
R = Root out the subject (who or what)
K = Key in on
.?!
The 9 linking verbs are…
am
was
be
are
were
been
is
seem
become
Let’s use the Jingle Bells song to sing the
linking verbs.
Let’s see if you can identify which two words in
the sentence will be linked together with a
linking verb.
was
Yesterday, Tom _______
happy.
is
Today, Jane ________
happy.
be happy.
Tomorrow, Pete will _____
Link the subject and the adjective
The dog was huge.
They were funny.
The test seems easy.
The 9 linking verbs are…
am
was
be
are
were
been
is
seem
become
Let’s use the Jingle Bells song to sing the
linking verbs.