Transcript Language Arts Mini

Language Arts MiniLessons
Skills Focused Lessons
Linking verbs expresses a state of being. They
connect or link, the subject to a word group
that identifies or describes the subject.
Common Linking Verbs

Am

Will be

Appear

Sound

Is

Shall be

Become

Stay

Are

May be

Feel

Taste

Was

Might be

Grow

Turn

Were

Can be

Look

Has been

Should be

Remain

Have been


Had been
Would have  Seem
been
 Smell
Examples:
1. Denzel Washington is an actor.
2. The children remained quiet.
*Linking verbs are
always intransitive
meaning they will
never have a
direct object.*
Common linking verbs
may actually act as
action verbs depending
on how they are used.
Examples:
3. Amy looked through the telescope. (action)
4. Amy looked pale. (linking)
Guided Practice
Place this activity with
your notes. Write
ONLY the linking verb.
If you need help, raise
your hand.
This is Roberto Martinez, your weather forecaster.
2. Unfortunately, the forecast looks bad today.
3. Outside the window here at Station WOLF, the skies appear
cloudy.
4. It certainly felt rainy earlier this morning.
5. According to the latest information, it should be a damp, drizzly
day with an 85 percent chance of rainfall.
6. Our sportscaster this morning is Marta Segal.
7. Things have been quiet here around Arlington for the past few
days.
8. Stay alert for sports action tonight.
9. It should be an exciting game between our own Arlington Angels
and the visiting Jackson City Dodgers.
10.The team looked great at practice today, and I predict a
hometown victory.
1.
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Review A
Helping verbs (auxiliary verbs) help the main verb express
action or state of being.
*A verb phrase contains one main verb and one or more helping
verbs.
Common Helping Verbs
*Sometimes a verb phrase is
interrupted by another part
of speech.
Ex: Should Anita bring her design to class?
This is called the
verb phrase.

Am

Do

May

Is

Does

Might

Are

Did

Must

Was

Have

Will

Were

Has

Would

Be

Had

Shall

Being

Can

Should

Been

Could
Examples:
1. Many people in Africa can speak more than one language.
2. Kansas has been named the Sunflower State.
3. The robbers should have been there.
Guided Practice
Place this activity with
your notes. Write
ONLY the verb phrase.
If you need help, raise
your hand.
1.
Have you ever visited Redwood National Park?
2.
The giant trees there can be an awesome sight.
3.
For centuries, these trees have been an important part of the
environment of the northwest United States.
4.
Surely, these rare trees must be saved for future generations.
5.
More than 85% of the original redwood forest has been destroyed over
the years.
6.
Because of this destruction, the survival of the redwood forest is being
threatened.
7.
With better planning years ago, more of the forest might already have
been saved.
8.
Unfortunaely, redwood forests are still shrinking rapidly.
9.
According to some scientists, redwood forests outside the park will
disappear within our lifetime.
10. However,
saved.
according to other experts, the redwood forests can still be
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Review B
Parts of Speech Review
Subject/Predicate
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs*
Helping Verbs* --Jeopardy, Angry Verbs Activity
Phrases
Prepositional Phrases: Adjective and Adverb
Appositives
Participle, Gerund (subject/object of verb/object of preposition),
Infinitive
Complements: Direct objects and Indirect Objects (Transitive vs.
Intransitive Verbs)
Subject Complements: Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives
Clauses
Sentence Structure
Modifiers
Active/Passive Voice
Verb Moods