Chapter 4

1. Chapter 4 Verbs

2. Part 1

3. Verb • A word used to express an action, condition, or a state of being.

4. Action Verb • Tells what the subject does. This can be physical or mental.

5. Linking Verb • Links the subject to a word in the predicate.

6. Linking Verb is, am, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, taste

7. Helping Verb • Helps the main verb express the degree of meaning.

8. Helping Verb be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being, do, does, did, have, has, had, could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

9. Verb Phrase • Helping verb and main verb.

10. Antz is an example of feature-length animation. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase B

11. 2. The filmmakers will createthe graphics on computers. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase D

12. 3. Real ants are nothing like the ones in the film. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase C

13. 4. The filmmakers createdthe graphics on computers. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase A

14. 5. In the movie, a worker ant falls in love with a princess ant. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase A

15. 6. The worker and the princess will escape to the outside world. • action verb • linking verb • helping verb • verb phrase D

16. Direct Object • A noun or pronoun that names the receiver of the action. Answers “what” or “whom”.

17. Indirect Object • Tells to what or whom or for what or whom an action is done.

18. Transitive Verbs • An action verb that has a direct object.

19. Intransitive Verb • An action verb that does not have a direct object.

20. Subject Complement • a word that a linking verb connects its subject to

21. Predicate Noun • A noun that follows a linking verb and identifies , renames, or defines the subject.

22. Predicate Adjective • Follows a linking verb and modifies (describes) the subject.

23. Steven Spielberg has given us many hit movies. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective B

24. 2. Spielberg made his first film at age 12. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective A

25. 3.He staged the wreck of two toy trains. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective A

26. 4. The job title “continuity clerk” may seem unimpressive. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective D

27. 5. But a continuity clerk is an important person on a movie set. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective C

28. 6. The continuity clerk’s tasks are very tedious. • direct object • indirect object • predicate noun • predicate adjective D

29. Lie • To rest in a flat position

30. Lay • To put or place

31. Sit • To be seated

32. Set • To put or place

33. Rise • To move upward, to get out of bed

34. Raise • To lift, to care for, to bring up

35. May • To be allowed to

36. Can • To be able to

37. Do the most talented artists (raise/rise) to the top? rise

38. 2. In Hollywood, they (may not/cannot). cannot

39. 3. Most studio heads don’t want to (sit/set) down with anyone who hasn’t made a successful commercial movie. sit

40. 4. But film festivals give young filmmakers a chance to (lie/lay) their reputations on the line. lay

41. 5. They (raise/rise) the hopes of artists who might not otherwise have a chance. raise

42. 6. They (sit/set) their sights on quality instead of money. set

43. 7. Winning at a festival can help a filmmaker (raise/rise) money for distributing his or her film. raise

44. 8. Success (lies/lays) ahead for some of these artists. lays

45. 9. They (sit/set) a festival’s tone with movies about important themes. set

46. 10. Festival participation might not help, but it (may not, cannot) hurt. may not

47. The End of Part 1

48. Part 2

49. Simple Tenses

50. Present • Shows that an action or condition happens now.