1. VERBS

2. 2 Categories Action State of Being (existence) Transitive Intransitive
Be verbs
Linking verbs

3. Action
Transitive verbs are followed by an object that receives the action
Ex: Maia sketched the dragon.
Ex: Ethan calls the bunnies.
Intransitive verbs are not followed by an object.
Ex: Jason skated.
Ex: Leslie napped.
Ex: Hunter skipped around school

4. State of Being “To be” verbs – is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
Ex: Henry was a king.
Ex: You are freshmen.
Ex: We were happy.

5. State of Being
Linking verbs – can be replaced by a form of “to be” without significantly changing the meaning of the sentence
Usual linking verbs: seem, taste, smell, look, sound, feel, become, appear, remain, turn, grow
Ex: The cookie tasted yummy.
Ex: The cookie grew stale.
Ex: Cookies sounded good when you suggested them.
Ex: I feel hungry.

6. WATCH OUT
Sometimes action verbs look like linking verbs! If you can’t replace the word with a “to be” verb then it is action!
Ex: The farmer grew corn.
Ex: The puppy tasted the cookie.
Ex: The pirate sounded the alarm.

7. Verb Phrases
Verbs sometimes appear in phrases. When you see a verb phrase the LAST word determines what kind of verb it is. This last word is called the main verb
The words before are helping verbs
Main word determines the catagory

8. Helping Verbs – express shades of meaning and tenses
Modal – shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, have to, had to, ought to
Forms of have – has, have, had
Forms of be – is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
Forms of do – does, do, did (forms of do are special)
Ex: Enkidu should have been eating with the shepherds

9. Practice Gilgamesh has been hunting. Ishtar is being unreasonable.
Noah is feeling happy.
Noah is feeling the temperature of the water.