Unit 10 Verbs

1. Unit 10 Verbs

2. Action Verbs • What is a verb? • Something you do?

3. Verbs • An action verb is a word that names an action. • Action verbs may be more than one word. • They express physical and mental actions. • Ex. Shout flash, memorize, think, praise, appreciate

4. Action Verbs • HAVE, HAS, HAD • Are also action verbs when they name what the subject owns or holds • The coach has the roster for the game. • This classroom had a swimming pool, but it was removed because of budget cuts.

5. Practice! • Exercise 1, even independently • When you and your partner are finished, compare answers.

6. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs • A transitive verb has a direct object. • Intransitive verbs do not.

7. A direct what?

8. Don’t worry. • In order to tell the difference, say the verb and ask WHO? Or WHAT? • Ex. • The actor remembered lines from the play. • The actor remembered WHAT? • If you can answer the question with part of the sentence, it is transitive.

9. Transitive • Looks like what word? • If you think...

10. Look at Exercise 3 on page 404

11. Practice! • On page 404, do the odd numbered sentences. Write transitive or intransitive.

12. Direct and Indirect Objects • These are the nouns that follow the verb. • Questions to help you tell the difference

13. Quick intro to Direct and Indirect Objects... • Direct Object answers WHO? or WHAT? • The word in the sentence that answers these questions is the direct object.

14. Direct Objects • Ex. • The student plays the flute. • The student plays WHO or WHAT? • The flute. • Flute is the Direct Object

15. Indirect Objects • GREAT NEWS: you can only have an indirect object if you have a direct object. • Indirect objects answer the questions TO WHOM? Or FOR WHOM? • Ex. • Students brought the teacher an apple.

16. Indirect Objects Ex. • Students brought the teacher an apple. • Find the Direct object: Brought what? An apple. • Brought an apple for or to whom? The teacher. • Teacher is the indirect object.

17. Turn to page 406 • Let’s go through sentences 1-10 together.

18. PRACTICE! • Write the direct object and indirect object (if there is one) #11-20

19. LINKING VERBS • WRITE THESE DOWN: • Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, become, seem, appear, look, grow, turn, taste, feel, smell, sound

20. THE dreaded Linking Verb • A linking verb connects (links) the subject with a noun or adjective (describing word) in the predicate. • Ex. • Jerry was part of the Penn State Football Program.

21. Jerry was part of the Penn State Football Program. • Was is the verb. • Jerry is connected to what word? PART! The difference is that the describer (noun or adjective) cannot be removed from the subject; it is part of it.

22. Part or linked to subject noun • The milk was sour. • The milk turned sour. • The milk carton turned somersaults. • He grew tired of the game. • He grew horns when he became angry.

23. Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives • If you have a linking verb, the word your subject is connected to is either a predicate noun or adjective. • I was tired. • I was a teacher. • Bob seemed weary. • Bob is a builder.

24. Action vs Linking • Look at the verb. • Does it answer “WHAT or WHO”? Or perform an action? • Yes? = Action NO? = Linking Is it part of the subject noun? = Linking

25. Practice! • Together we will do Exercise 7 on page 408.

26. Practice? • Exercise 8 odd. • Compare with partner

27. Past and Present Tenses • Present tense: names an action that occurs regularly or expresses a truth. • Super athletes make large sums of money. • Look at plural and singular tenses on page 409

28. Past and Present Tenses • The past tense of a verb names an action that has already happened. • The students completed the assignment. • They walked quietly in the hallway. • -ed is used for many endings of past tense verbs

29. PRACTICE! • Exercise 9 page 410 odd • Write the correct form of the verb to fit the sentence and write whether it is present or past.

30. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs • There are four parts used to form all tenses of verbs • PARTS OF A VERB • Base • Present Participle • Past • Past Participle

31. PARTS OF A VERB • Base ACT • Present Participle ACTING • Past ACTED • Past Participle ACTED • Past is past • Present participle is occurring NOW

32. HELPING VERBS • Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, did, does, can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must • Helps the verb tell about the action • Helping verb + main verb (participle) = verb phrase

33. Practice! Page 412 • We will do exercise 12 together. • Then you will do exercise 11 on your own.

34. Progressive Forms • HINT: -ING • Present progressive is happening NOW • Past progressive did happen for a period of time in the past.

35. Practice! Page 414 • Exercise 13 • What to be called upon. • We will give both present and past progressive forms.

36. Practice! P. 414 • On your own, complete Exercise 14 

37. UGH! Perfect Tenses • Look at page 415 has, have, had • Present Perfect Tense: names action that happened at an indefinite time in the past and could still be happening now • Past Perfect Tense: names action that took place prior to another action • Read the examples

38. Practice! P 416 • In partners complete • Exercise 15, Odd of 16 and 17

39. FUTURE PERFECT TENSE • Verb names action that will be completed prior to another event • Use past tense of main verb + • will have or shall have • I will have cleaned the house before the party starts.

40. Practice! • P. 418 Exercise 18 on your own • Exercise 19 with partner.

41. Active or Passive Verbs • Defined difference: • Active: subject performs the action • Passive: subject receives action • For passive: add form of be with past participle.

42. Practice! P. 420 • Exercise 20, odd • Exercise 21, even

43. Irregular Verbs • Pp 421-23