Transcript non-action

PARTS OF SPEECH
WEEK 2
WEEK 1 SENTENCE STRUCTURE
SIMPLE PRESENT
Week 4.2
WEEK 3
ACTION AND
NON-ACTION VERBS
Which verbs are action?
Which verbs are non-action?
• With your partner, use your body to show:
• “I’m eating pizza.”
• “I’m swimming”
• “I need time.”
• “I have no friends.”
• “I’m studying this page.”
• “I’m looking for my phone.”
• “I see the wall.”
WARMUP
Which verbs are action?
Which verbs are non-action?
WARMUP
• With your partner, use your body to show:
• “I’m eating pizza.”
• “I’m swimming”
• “I need time.”
These ones are hard to
• “I have no friends.”
show!
• “I’m studying this page.”
These ones are NON• “I’m looking for my phone.”
ACTION!
• “I see the wall.”
Action and Non-Action
• Action:
• I’m jumping around!
• She’s vacuuming the floor!
• My in-laws are discussing the
question.
• Non-Action
• The divorced couple had many
problems.
• The single mother needs more time.
• My sister-in-law disliked my furniture.
EXAMPLES
Action Verbs
• You can see an action verb.
FORM
• I jumped.
• She ran.
• We laughed.
Non-Action Verbs
• You can’t always see a nonaction verb.
• It is normally inside our heads.
FORM
• She loves sweeping the floor.
• I know you.
• I want to leave now.
Non-Action Verbs
• With non-action verbs, we can’t
use “ING” form!
USE
• I’m having two pencils.
• I’m being a woman.
• They’re looking unhappy.
• The vacuum is costing $20.
Non-Action Verbs
• They may have a continuous
meaning, but:
• We must change them to their
simple form.
USE
• I’m having two pencils.
• I have two pencils.
• I’m being a woman.
• I’m a woman.
• They’re looking unhappy.
• They look unhappy.
• The vacuum is costing $20.
• The vacuum costs $20.
Non-Action
• Tell your partner: should these verbs
change? If yes, change them!
• I’m washing the windows.
• I’m hating tomatoes.
• He’s agreeing with you.
• He’s not understanding you.
• Are you wiping the counter?
• Is your mother believing you?
USE PRACTICE
Non-Action
• Tell your partner: should these
verbs change? If yes, change
them!
• I’m washing the windows.
• I’m hating tomatoes.
• He’s agreeing with you.
• He’s not understanding you.
• Are you wiping the counter?
• Is your mother believing you?
USE PRACTICE
• I hate tomatoes.
• He agrees with you.
• He doesn’t understand you.
• Does your mother believe
you?
Sense Verbs
• sense verb: about vision,
hearing, smell, taste, and touch!
USE
Sense Verbs
ACTION
I’m looking for the bird.
She’s tasting the soup!
I’m feeling the strange ball.
The dog’s smelling the flower.
With the action meaning,
the “object” has the
sense!
USE
NON-ACTION
The bird looks sick.
The soup tastes bad!
The ball feels cold.
The flower smells bad.
With the non-action
meaning, the subject creates
the sense!
Some strange verbs
ACTION
I’m seeing a new guy.
I’m having a party.
She’s having a baby soon.
We’re having a fun time!
USE
NON-ACTION
I see the sky.
I have two pencils.
I’m thinking about the answer. I
haven’t decided yet.
I think he’s right.
I feel he’s right.
He’s being rude.
He is normally polite.
(feel = think here)
Sense Verbs
• Make sentences with the
verbs below.
• This pencil (feel) cold!
• Now, she (feel) the pencil.
• My friend (taste) the soup.
• The soup (taste) good.
• This soup (smell) like chicken.
• The dog (smell) the soup.
USE PRACTICE
• The pencil feels cold.
• Now, she is feeling the pencil.
• My friend is tasting the soup.
• The soup tastes good.
• The soup smells like chicken.
• The dog is smelling the soup.
NON-ACTION VERBS
• Please see p. 5 of the
reference booklet for
a list of common nonaction verbs!
USE
Non-Action Verbs
1. A verb is non-action if:
1. It is INSIDE your head!
2. It creates a sense!
3. You can’t see it happen!
2. A non-action verb cannot be in ING form.
1. Change it to the simple form.
SUMMARY