1. Why do you think a verb might be considered dead or dying?
Dead and Dying Verbs
Why do you think a verb might be considered dead or dying?

2. Dead Verbs Am Is
Are
Was
Were

3. Dead Verbs Be
Been
Have
Has
Had
Any verb ending in -ing

4. Dying Verbs Become/Became Act/Acted Seem/Seemed Make/Made
Exist/Existed
Resemble/Resembled

5. Fill in the blank with a vivid verb.
The cat ________ in the chair.
A big brown dog ______at the little cat.
The big dog then _____the cat around the house.

6. Fill in the blank with a vivid verb.
4. My teacher ______when the class talks too much. 5. Rabbits _______when they smell danger. 6. The smelly, black and white skunk ______the dog when the dog _____ it.

7. Fill in the blank with a vivid verb.
7. Our teacher _______us how to write. 8. A yellow ball _______down the stairs. 9. I ______my best friend. 10. My friend _______to school with me.

8. When you write you always want to SHOW not TELL.

9. Rewrite each sentence by eliminating the dead verb and showing us rather than telling us the idea of the sentence.
The boy was lonely.
The little girl was sad.
The girl in the red dress was happy.
My teacher is slightly crazy and lots of fun.
My mom is mad at me.

10. Show don’t tell by replacing the dead verb with a vivid verb.
My friend is mean to his sister.
These sentences are stupid.
The calico cat was a nice cat.
9. The little dog with the floppy ears was cute.
10. When I go to my grandparents
house, I am happy.

11. YOUR TURN . . . Narrative = Writing that tells a story
Write a narrative paragraph that SHOWS me what you plan on doing this Halloween.