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Linking Verbs/Helping Verbs/Being Verbs

Linking Verbs/Helping Verbs/Being Verbs. Action Verbs. The main word in the predicate of a sentence is a verb. Verbs that show actions are called ACTION VERBS. Most verbs show actions you can see. Some verbs, such as think and wonder , show actions you can not see. Action Verbs In Action….

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Linking Verbs/Helping Verbs/Being Verbs

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  1. Linking Verbs/Helping Verbs/Being Verbs

  2. Action Verbs The main word in the predicate of a sentence is a verb. Verbs that show actions are called ACTION VERBS. Most verbs show actions you can see. Some verbs, such as think and wonder, show actions you can not see.

  3. Action Verbs In Action… Luke finished school at age fifteen. Luke thought the coulds needed names.

  4. What is a Linking/Helping verb? We call them linking verbs because they link the subject of the sentence with information about it. PREDICATE SUBJECT

  5. Linking (Being) Verbs They do not show actions. They tell what the subject is or what the subject is like. Common linking verbs are forms of the verb to be, such as am, is, are, was, and were. Verbs such as seem, appear, become, and feelcan also be linking verbs.

  6. What is a state of being verb? • There are 8 linking verbs: • is am are • was were • be being been

  7. The teacher is tall. • In the first sentence, is links the teacher to information about her-the fact that she is tall. That is her state of being.

  8. This candy tastes so sweet. • In the second sentence, tastes links candy to information about it—its sweetness. Did you think taste was an action verb? Well, it is—when the subject is doing the tasting. But here, the candy isn't doing any tasting. The candy itself tastes sweet.

  9. Can you tell which are linking/being verbs? wererunwill bejump shineskipsingis couldhasdrivedraw Ready to move on?

  10. OOPS! That is an action verb. Try again

  11. Yes! That is a state of being verb. Try another!

  12. On Your Whiteboard… There is either an action or linking verb in the following sentences. If it is ACTION = Write word & circle it. It it is LINKING = Write word and underline it.

  13. Luke was unhappy at his job. • Wind usually moves from west to east. • Some name were not exact enough • Cirrus clouds are very thin. • Many people still wonder about the clouds.

  14. Were you correct? • Luke wasunhappy at his job. • Wind usually moves from west to east. • Some name were not exact enough. • Cirrus clouds are very thin. • Many people still wonder about the clouds.

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