Verbs Miss Johnson
Verbs Active: indicates that the subject of the verb is performing the action Passive: indicates that the subject is not performing the action and is therefore “passive”
Active Verbs Action State of Being
Practice: Active vs. State of Being I like chocolate. The ice cream is good. The pizza sizzled. We devoured our burgers. You were baking a batch of cookies for your favorite English teacher.
Active Verbs Action Transitive Verbs: followed by an object indicating who or what receives the action Intransitive Verbs: not followed by an object A transitive verb can often serve as an intransitive verb when you simply delete the object
Action: Transitive vs. Intransitive He fried the bacon. Miss Johnson baked. We bought corn on the cob at the fair. The marshmallow burned in the fire. The ice cream cone melted.
Active Verbs State of Being Be Verbs Linking Verbs: can be replaced by a form of be without substantially changing the meaning of the sentence
Be Verbs and Linking Verbs By themselves, they cannot complete the thought of the sentence. Whenever a be or linking verb is used as the main verb of the sentence, we must follow it with an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun
Be Verbs Past Tense Present Tense I am You are He/she/it is We are They are I was You were He/she/it was We were They were
Be Verbs Perfect Aspect Progressive Aspect Present /Past I have / had been You have / had been He/she/it has has been We have / had been They have / had been I am / was being You are / were being He/she/it is / was being We are / were being They are / were being
Linking Verbs Appear Remain Turn Grow Seem Tasted looked, Smelled Sounded Felt Become Appear Remain Turn Grow Seem
State of Being: Be vs. Linking The strawberry was sweet. The brownies tasted amazing. The honey smelled good. He is an amazing cook. Chocolate seems the best way to cure the presence of a dementor.
Verb Phrases When you see a verb phrase, the last word in the phrase determines whether you have an action or a state of being verb The MAIN VERB, not the auxiliaries, determines the category of the verb as a whole
Auxiliary Verbs Modals: shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, have to, had to, ought to Form of have: has, have, had Form of be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been Form of do: does, do, did
Practice We have been eating. This enormous burger is being unreasonable. My tummy is feeling happy. My tummy is feeling all that food I ate. Perhaps I should eat one more cookie.