Parts of Speech Super-Fast Review Part 2 (Verbs and Prepositions) August 22-23 Basham

Verbs A verb expresses an: action, a condition, or a state of being. The two main types of verbs are action verbs and linking verbs

Action Verbs An action verb expresses action. The action may be physical or mental. The student _______________ into class. (physical) The student _______________ in class. (mental)

Linking Verbs A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to some word in the predicate. There are two groups of linking verbs: forms of to be, and verbs that express condition.

Linking Verbs Forms of To Be: Am, is, are, was, were, been, being Verbs of Condition: Look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain Forms of To Be: Am, is, are, was, were, been, being

Linking Verbs The students __________ happy in class (form of to be) The students _____________ bored after lunch (verb of condition)

AUXILIARY Verbs Auxiliary verbs, also called helping verbs, are combined with verbs to form verb phrases.

Common Auxiliary Verbs Forms of To Be Might Must Have Shall Should Can Could May Has Will Would

Prepositions A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence. The most common relationships expressed are location and condition.

30 most commonly used Prepositions about above across after against around at before behind below beside between by down for from in inside into of off on onto over through to under until with without

Prepositions Prepositions very rarely stand alone, but are most often followed by a Prepositional Phrase.

Prepositional Phrases A Prepositional Phrase consists of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object found between. The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition.

Why it matters Here we will sit and let the sounds of music How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep into our ears : soft stillness and the night Becomes the touches of sweet harmony.

Circle the preposition and underline the prepositional phrase. The squirrel ran around the tree. The squirrel ran through the tree. Jazz is a modern form of music. Many musical styles contributed to its birth.