Ms. Garcia 6th Grade Language Arts Verbs Ms. Garcia 6th Grade Language Arts

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The Verb A verbs is a word that expresses action or a state of being. Every complete sentence has a verb. It says something about the subject. Verbs are classified in two ways: Action or Linking Verbs Main or Helping Verbs

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs In many sentences, a single word is all that is needed to express the action or state of being. Examples: The dog barked. Brett throws the ball a long way.

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs In other sentences, the verb consists of a main verb and one or more helping verbs. A helping verb (also called an auxiliary verb) helps the main verb to express action or a state of being. Examples: Can speak Will learn Should have been fed Together, the main verb and the helping verb form the verb phrase.

Practice Identify the verb phrase (helping verb and main verb) in each of the following sentences: We are going to Arizona this summer. It’s spectacular beauty has captured their imagination. Visitors can purchase the items as souvenirs. Hikes must be arranged with park rangers.

Action Verbs Tells an action someone did, is doing, or will do. It expresses physical or mental activity. Examples: Please cook dinner. Fran understands the science homework.

Linking Verbs A linking verb connects or links the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject. Think of linking verbs as an equal sign. Examples: The firefighters had appeared victorious. [firefighters=victorious] Sandra Cisneros is a writer. [Sandra Cisneros=writer]

Practice Identify the linking verbs in the following sentences: The almond is high in protein. Peanut Butter was the invention of a St. Louis doctor.

Verbs All verbs have four basic forms, or principal parts. They are the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. Verbs are classified as either regular or irregular, depending on the way they form their past and past participle.

Principal Parts Present Present Participle Past Past Participle Cook Cooking Cooked (have) cooked Steal Stealing Stole (have) stolen Make Making Made (have) made

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs A regular verb is one whose past and past participle are formed by adding –ed or –d to the present form. Irregular Verb An irregular verb is one whose past and past participle are not formed by adding –ed or –d to the present form.

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs During the Great Depression, many banks (fail) failed. In 1955. Rosa Park (refuse) to give up her seat on the bus refused. Irregular Verbs During the games, players (drink) a lot of water drank. Ed and Gene have (be) in a workshop all day been.

Practice This is the first time I have wrote a letter to the editor. Our community has saw too many people who have drowned. A friend of mine swum way out. When she got caught in a riptide, a lifeguard swimmed out and bringed her back to shore. No one has teached us students swimming safety. Not all parents have teached their youngsters to swim. Young people have took too many chances. I think the people who rave ran the schools are making a mistake. Too many swimming disasters have already striked this community.

Vivid Verbs As writers we often get stuck in particular patterns of writing, and one of these patterns is using the same verbs over and over again. One way to solve this problem is by replacing your general verbs with vivid verbs.

Vivid Verbs Vivid verbs are useful for a variety of reasons. First of all, they make your writing more interesting and enjoyable for the reader. Secondly, vivid verbs have more specific meanings than the general verbs they replace. However, you must be careful when replacing a general verb with a vivid verb to ensure that the vivid verb does not significantly alter the meaning of the sentence.

Vivid Verbs Example: As the students walked through the park, the breeze blew the leaves on the trees. As the students ambled through the park, the breeze lifted the leaves on the trees.