Nouns and Verbs - Mrs. Paton`s Language Arts
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NOUNS AND VERBS
NOUNS
Common Nouns: A common noun is a general,
universal, basic, person, place, thing or idea.
Example:
alarm clock, homework, dough, (thing) hospital,
lake, school (place)
kids, boy, girl (person)
NOUNS
Proper Nouns: A proper noun is a very specific
person, place, thing or idea. They are
capitalized!
Example:
Mustang,
Crest Toothpaste (thing)
Lake Michigan, JFK Middle School (place)
Catalina, Tom Brady (person)
VERBS
Active Verbs: An active verb is a word that
shows action and puts an object (a noun) into
motion in a sentence.
Example:
The
boy leapt out of bed.
The cow jumped over the moon.
Harry Potter dodged the lightning fast curse just in
time and fired a Disarming Charm back in
retaliation.
HELPING (AUXILIARY VERBS)
Helping Verbs: A helping verb is a word that
aids or assists an active or main verb in the
sentence.
Mrs. Paton might assign homework tonight.
I should do my homework tonight.
I will do my homework tonight.
THE 23 HELPING VERBS ARE…
am,
are, is, was, were, be, being,
been
have, has, had
shall, will, can
do, does, did
may, must, might
could, would, should
LINKING VERBS
A linking verb is a word that connects the
subject (beginning of a sentence) to the
predicate (end of the sentence).
Examples:
The
boy is joyful.
The story was superior.
The sun looked bright.
LINKING VERBS
Verbs that sometimes are used as
linking verbs
[list may not be complete]
feel
taste
look
smell
appear
grow
remain
stay
turn
seem
sound
become
prove
Forms of to be are sometimes used as linking
verbs
is
am
are
was
were
be
being
been