Welcome to class! You should have turned in your name paragraph to Mrs. Colson as you entered class. Glue the guided notes onto page 5 G.U.M.S. On your table of contents VERB BASICS Glue the guided notes you were given at the beginning of class onto page 5 of the G.U.M.S. section of your spiral. On your table of contents, title it VERB BASICS. linking verbs notes onto page 6 G.U.M.S.table of contentsCOMMON LINKING VERBS Also glue the linking verbs notes onto page 6 of the G.U.M.S. section of your spiral. On your table of contents, title it COMMON LINKING VERBS.

VERB BASICS Colson sy

Action State of Being (Linking)

The sky looks dark. He looks at the dark sky. LINKING VERB ACTION VERB

- the time of a verb

Principal Parts of a Main Verb The forms of a verb from which all verb tenses can be formed Present (Infinitive) – base form Present Participle – infinitive + ing Past – infinitive + ed Past Participle – infinitive + ed LOOK LOOKING LOOKED

Irregular past and/or past participle Write = Wrote = Written

Infinitive -Past tense,Past Participle,Present Participle, 3 rd person singular present

Name Break Past - Past Participle - Present Participle -