1. Verbs
Miss Johnson

2. Verbs
Active: indicates that the subject of the verb is performing the action
Passive: indicates that the subject is not performing the action and is therefore “passive”

3. Active Verbs
Action
State of Being

4. Practice: Active vs. State of Being
I like chocolate.
The ice cream is good.
The pizza sizzled.
We devoured our burgers.
You were baking a batch of cookies for your favorite English teacher.

5. Active Verbs
Action
Transitive Verbs: followed by an object indicating who or what receives the action
Intransitive Verbs: not followed by an object
A transitive verb can often serve as an intransitive verb when you simply delete the object

6. Action: Transitive vs. Intransitive
He fried the bacon.
Miss Johnson baked.
We bought corn on the cob at the fair.
The marshmallow burned in the fire.
The ice cream cone melted.

7. Active Verbs State of Being Be Verbs
Linking Verbs: can be replaced by a form of be without substantially changing the meaning of the sentence

8. Be Verbs and Linking Verbs
By themselves, they cannot complete the thought of the sentence.
Whenever a be or linking verb is used as the main verb of the sentence, we must follow it with an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun

9. Be Verbs Past Tense Present Tense I am You are He/she/it is We are
They are
I was
You were
He/she/it was
We were
They were

10. Be Verbs Perfect Aspect Progressive Aspect Present /Past
I have / had been
You have / had been
He/she/it has has been
We have / had been
They have / had been
I am / was being
You are / were being
He/she/it is / was being
We are / were being
They are / were being

11. Linking Verbs Appear Remain Turn Grow Seem Tasted looked, Smelled
Sounded
Felt
Become
Appear
Remain
Turn
Grow
Seem

12. State of Being: Be vs. Linking
The strawberry was sweet.
The brownies tasted amazing.
The honey smelled good.
He is an amazing cook.
Chocolate seems the best way to cure the presence of a dementor.

13. Verb Phrases
When you see a verb phrase, the last word in the phrase determines whether you have an action or a state of being verb
The MAIN VERB, not the auxiliaries, determines the category of the verb as a whole

14. Auxiliary Verbs
Modals: shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, must, have to, had to, ought to
Form of have: has, have, had
Form of be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been
Form of do: does, do, did

15. Practice We have been eating.
This enormous burger is being unreasonable.
My tummy is feeling happy.
My tummy is feeling all that food I ate.
Perhaps I should eat one more cookie.