VERBSAction, linking, auxiliary (helping), transitive, and intransitive verbs

What’s a Verb?

A word used to express action, condition or state of being.

Examples: Action: They broke the vase. Condition: It appears that she hurt her leg. State of being: That shirt is blue.

Action Verbs

Expresses action (physically or mentally) Examples:

The band marches onto the field. (physical) The audience expects a great performance.

(mental) The tuba player tripped on his shoelaces.

(physical)

Linking Verbs

Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.

Two types: forms of to be (is, am, are, was, were, been,

being) and verbs that express condition (look,

smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain).

Examples: The instruments are safe in the bus. The students seemed bored during the long

trip.

Auxiliary or Helping Verbs

Are combined with verbs to form verb phrases Examples:

Sandra has a pair of Conga drums at home. (main) She has practiced her drumming all summer. (aux) I will grade those papers this evening. (aux)

Song to “Jingle Bells”:Have, has, had--do, does, did, Would, could, should, might shallIs, are, was, were, be, being, been,Am, can, may, must, will.

Practice

Identify the action, linking, and auxiliary verbs on a sheet of paper.

Page 16 (orange book)

Answers: Linking verbs: 2. is, 5. are, 6. remains,

becomes Action verbs: 1. visit, 2. scare, 3. lines, stay,

driven 4. strut, pound, wave, toss, catch, twirl Auxiliary verbs: 2. might, 3. will, has

Transitive Verbs

When an action verb appears with a direct object (a person or thing that receives the action), it is a transitive verb.

Example: Danny plays the trumpet like a

professional. Plays=transitive verb Trumpet=direct object

Intransitive Verbs

When an action verb does not have an object, it is called an intransitive verb.

Examples: He travels around the country with the

other musicians. travels=intransitive verb No object