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Verbs: Action, Irregular, Linking, Helping, Agreements etc.

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:07 pm

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Verb:

A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being.

Examples: Helen went to school. These books are yours.
Elizabeth and Paul sing in the school choir.
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:08 pm

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Action Verbs:

An action verb is a verb that expresses action.

Example: The track star ran fast.

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:11 pm

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Linking Verbs:

A linking verb does not show action.
Instead, it links the subject to a word
that describes or identifies the subject.
Verbs that show state of being are linking verbs
(am, is, are, was, were).

Examples:
We were cold.
Nancy is a dancer.

A verb is a linking verb if it can replace one of the verbs of being
(for example: look, feel, taste, smell, sound, seem, become).

Examples:
John looked tired.
The soup tastes delicious.

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:12 pm

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Verb Phrase:

A sentence may contain a verb phrase.
A verb phrase is a main verb with one or more helping verbs.

Examples:
The girls are singing.
Where have you been?

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:14 pm

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Helping Verbs:

The last word of a verb phrase is the main verb.
The other words in a verb phrase are helping verbs.

___________________helping verb_main verb
______________________| _____|
______________________v _.___v
Examples: Beth and John were playing in their yard.

__________The manager had displayed the apples.

The helping verbs are:

(forms of be)
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been

(forms of have)
have, has, had

(forms of do)
do, does, did

can, could, shall, should, will, would, must, may, might

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:15 pm

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Subject-Verb Agreement:

A singular subject must have a singular verb.

Examples: Jane lives there. Does she walk to work?

A plural subject must have a plural verb.

Examples: Jane and her sister live there. Do they walk to work?
The don’t live near the bus. They haven’t got a car.

You and I must have plural verbs.

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:47 pm

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Irregular Verbs

To form the past and past participle of some irregular verbs,
change the vowels (or vowel sounds) of the present. To form the past
participle of some irregular verbs, add a final -n sound (-n, -en, -ne).
A dictionary shows the principal parts of irregular verbs.

Examples:___________________________________________________________
Present ________ Present Participle _______ Past _______ Past Participle

___drink ______________ (is) drinking _______ drank __ (has) drunk [vowels]

do ________________ (is) doing _________ did ____ (has) done [final -n]

bite _______________ (is) biting _________ bit ___________ (has) bitten
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[vowel sound and the final -n] [vowels]
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