SENTENCE OF THE WEEK It’s time for some GRAMMAR, folks!

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

In the BACK of your Writers Notebook, date the

page and write the following 3 sentences:

Sean ate the pizza.

Mike and Kira are happy.

Emma was running in the

race.

What do you

NOTICE about these

sentences?

SENTENCES OF THE WEEK—HIGHLIGHT

THE VERBS

Sean ate the pizza.

Mike and Kira are happy.

Emma was running in the

race.

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

Sean ate the pizza.

Action verb: Expresses action,

something that a person,

animal, force of nature, or

thing can do.

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

Mike and Kira are happy.

Linking verb: Linking verbs

do not express action.

Instead, they connect the

SUBJECT of the VERB to

additional information about

the subject.

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

Linking verbs- can you

memorize all 23 of these?

Is, am, are, was, were, be,

being, been, have, has,

had, do, does, did, shall,

will, should, would, may,

might, must, can, could

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

Emma was running in the race. Helping verb: Helping verbs have no meaning on their own. They are necessary for the grammatical structure of a sentence, but they do not tell us very much alone. We usually use helping verbs with MAIN VERBS. They "help" the main verb (which has the real meaning).

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK

Imitate: Write 3 of your

own sentences one with

each type of verb: action,

linking, helping

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK: VERBS!

Verb is a word that shows action or expresses a state of being.

Am, are, is, was, were, be, being, and been are all forms of the verb be. They tell what someone or something is, was, or will be.

There are three kinds of verbs:

action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs.

SENTENCE OF THE WEEK: VERBS!

An action verb tells the action of a sentence.

Examples: run, hop, skip, sleep, jump, talk, snore

Matt ran to the store. Ran is the action verb.

A linking verb joins the subject and predicate of a

sentence.

Examples: am, is, are, was, were

Matt was at the store. was is the linking verb.

A helping verb is used with an action verb to help the

action of the sentence.

Examples: am, is, are, was, were

Matt was helping Michael. was helps the action verb

helping.

REVIEW

Q 1: Name the action verb in the following

sentence.

Then he delivers a speech.

a. Then

b. delivers

c. a

d. he

REVIEW

Q 2: The clips kept the mustache clean

during meals.

What is the type of the underlined verb?

A. action

b. linking

REVIEW

Q 3: Cleopatra ________ one of the most famous.

Use the correct form of be in the above sentence

A. were

b. was

c. am

REVIEW

Q 4: Addition problems are fun to do.

Select the LINKING verb in the above

sentence.

a. addition

b. are

c. fun

d. problems

REVIEW

Q 5: Some have examined bears in winter.

Find the HELPING verb in the above

sentence.

a. bears

b. Some

c. have

d. examined

IDENTIFYING VERBS

1.Bears have been present in this forest for

years.

2. I should be tired, but I jumped out of bed this

morning.

3.Fred crashed into the street sign.

4.The students must have been thrilled to find

out the test was postponed.

5.Toby might devour his cat food in a record

amount of time.

PRACTICE

1. Identify the subject and verb.

2. Is the verb expressing an action or state of being?

Is there an action verb?

yes no

if yes, determine if there is a helping verb

that HELPS the action verb.

If the verb expresses a state of being, you have a

linking verb.

PRACTICE

Choose an action verb.

Choose a subject to go along with your

action verb and write an original

sentence.

Using the same subject, write two new

sentences that include…

A linking verb

A helping verb

PRACTICE

1. Terry became a very successful student after listening to advice from his teachers.

2. I am really smart because I study daily.

3. Melissa earned a doctoral degree in English.

4. I was eating dinner when my brother returned home.

5. Edgar owns his own farm and raises cattle.

PRACTICE - ANSWERS

1. Terry became a very successful student after listening to advice from his teachers. linking

2. I am really smart because I study daily.

3. Melissa earned a doctoral degree in English. linking

4. I was eating dinner when my brother returned home. was – helping; eating – action

5. Edgar owns his own farm and raises cattle. action

PRACTICE

1. The strong winds blew down the old tree.

2. Brianna is an avid reader.

3. The boxes are in the back of my truck.

4. The movie has been reviewed positively

by critics.

5. There will be snow on the ground

tomorrow.

6. Lisa has painted pictures of animals.

PRACTICE – ANSWERS

1. The strong winds blew down the old tree. action

2. Brianna is an avid reader. linking

3. The boxes are in the back of my truck. linking

4. The movie has been reviewed positively by critics. Has been – helping; reviewed – action

5. There will be snow on the ground tomorrow. linking

6. Lisa has painted pictures of animals. Has – helping; painted – action