+ Subjects & Verbs Grammar Unit 1. + Verbs = words that express action OR condition 1. Action Verbs tell what a person, place, thing, or idea is doing.

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+ Subjects & Verbs Grammar Unit 1

+ Verbs = words that express action OR condition 1. Action Verbs tell what a person, place, thing, or idea is doing. (run, think, decide, give, read, go, play, write, study) a) I wanted N.C. State to win the game. b) Matt quickly ran to class when he heard the minute bell ring. c) Gloria washes the dishes, and Bob dries them. 2. Linking Verbs tell what somebody or something IS. (am, is, are, was, were, will, be, seem, become) a) The roses are pink b) She is a great student. c) Kai became nervous when he realized he had to give a speech.

+ Verbs… 3. Helping Verbs work with the main verb to show complicated tenses or times. Helping Verbs + Main Verb = Verb Phrase (is going, should have done, will be talking) a) When I arrived, he was drinking lemonade. b) He has been drinking lemonade all afternoon. c) We are planning on going to the beach this summer. Common Helping Verbs am isarewaswerewillcould bebeenhadhashaveshallwould

+ Finding Verbs Look for the action word. Change the TIME of the sentence by saying yesterday, every day, and tomorrow at the beginning of the sentence. When you change the time of the sentence, the verb will change automatically. Yesterday Steve ate a pizza. (PAST TENSE) Every day Steve eats a pizza. (PRESENT TENSE) Tomorrow Steve will eat a pizza. (FUTURE TENSE)

+ Now, you try it. A. My dog bites the English teacher. Yesterday my dog… Every day my dog… Tomorrow my dog… B. Jackie loves playing volleyball. Yesterday Jackie… Every day Jackie… Tomorrow Jackie…

+ Answers A. My dog bites the English teacher. Yesterday my dog bit the English teacher. Every day my dog bites the English teacher. Tomorrow my dog will bite the English teacher. B. Jackie loves playing volleyball. Yesterday Jackie loved playing volleyball. Every day Jackie loves playing volleyball. Tomorrow Jackie will love playing volleyball.

+ Subjects Subjects usually = nouns or pronouns (but NOT always) To find the subject, first find the verb, and then ask… Who or what performed the verb? Jan baked a peach pie. Who/what baked a peach pie?Jan Jan baked a peach pie.

+ More Subject Stuff 1. Sentences with more than 1 subject a) Katie and Jake swim at the YMCA. b) The kitchen and den are messy. 2. Sentences can have several subjects and several verbs. a) Gloria washed the dishes, and Bob dried them. 3. Strange Subjects – Don’t get confused if the subject of a sentence looks like a verb. Pay attention to the JOB that the word is performing. a) Dancing is fun. Who or what is fun?Dancing In this sentence, dancing is a gerund.

+ Gerund = word ending in –ing that looks like a verb, but is functioning as a noun in the sentence Dancing is fun.Gerund Jill loves dancing.Gerund They are dancing.Verb Phrase

+ Your Assignment… Complete the worksheet. Be ready for a quiz on Subjects and Verbs. Know these notes!!!