Day 7 – Verbs and Intro to Fiction INSTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT

Objectives Understand and identify the importance of verbs and their usage. Analyze a work of fiction for the effects of narrative techniques. Homework: VCR Exercise A

Warm Up Write 5 short sentences describing your favorite sport. Identify the prepositional phrases. Ex: Soccer is the best sport that uses a ball flying through the air.

Verbs A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. Ex: I am free. (Am is the verb as it is a state of being.) “Real” Verbs are separated into: 1.Action 2.Linking There is also a verb-like type called helping verbs.

Action Verbs Action verbs tell what a person or thing does. They can express mental or physical action. Ex: The dog barked all day. (physical action) Ex: He thought about the dog all day. (mental action)

Linking Verbs A linking verb joins the subject of a sentence with a word or expression that identifies or describes the subject. Expresses a state of being. All forms of the verb to be are linking verbs. Ex: The teacher is cranky. (Is links cranky to teacher.)

Handy Tip for Linking Verbs Linking verbs are like the equal signs of language. (=) Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb.

Action or Linking Verb? We celebrated the Chinese New Year. The holiday is usually in February. action linking

Action or Linking Verb? John looked tired. John looked through the binoculars. action linking

Action or Linking Verb? Remain in your seats until the end of class. Remain calm. action linking

Action or Linking Verb? Your Turn! Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb. The sky looks blue. I walked home. Our teacher seemed crazy.