1. Verbs

2. Verbs

3. Verb
A verb expresses an action, a condition, or a state of being.

4. Verbs
expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.

5. Action Verb
An action verb expresses action, either physical or mental.
The band marches onto the field. (physical action)
The audience expects a great performance. (mental action)
Tip: To locate a verb, find the subject of the sentence and ask what that subject is doing.

6. expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Verbs
expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Action Verb
expresses action, either physical or mental.
Tip: To locate a verb, find the subject of the sentence and ask what that subject is doing.

7. Linking Verbs
A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.
Forms of To Be
is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being

8. expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Verbs
expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Action Verb
Linking Verb
Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.
Forms of To Be
is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
expresses action, either physical or mental.
Tip: To locate a verb, find the subject of the sentence and ask what that subject is doing.

9. Verbs That Express Condition
Some verbs may look like action verbs, but can be a linking verb if they express the condition of something.
Verbs That Express Condition
look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain
Tip: If you can replace a verb with a form of be, that verb is a linking verb.
Linking Verbs
The cushions felt dry.
The cushions are dry.
The popcorn tasted salty.
The popcorn is salty.

10. expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Verbs
expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Action Verb
Linking Verb
Verbs Express Condition
Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.
Forms of To Be
is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
Verbs That Express Condition
look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain
Tip: If you can replace a verb with a form of be, that verb is a linking verb.
expresses action, either physical or mental.
Tip: To locate a verb, find the subject of the sentence and ask what that subject is doing.

11. Helping Verbs
Helping (auxiliary) verbs are combined with other verbs to form verb phrases. Used to express a tense of a verb (past, present, or future).
Helping Verbs
Forms of be (is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being)
do, does, did
has, have, had
may, might, must
can, could
shall, should
will, would

12. expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Verbs
expressing an action, a condition, or a state of being.
Action Verb
Linking Verb
Verbs Express Condition
Helping Verbs
Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.
Forms of To Be
is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
Verbs That Express Condition
look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain
Tip: If you can replace a verb with a form of be, that verb is a linking verb.
Combined with main verbs. Used to express a tense of a verb (past, present, or future).
Helping Verbs
Forms of be (is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being); do, does, did;
has, have, had; may, might, must; can, could;
shall, should; will, would
expresses action, either physical or mental.
Tip: To locate a verb, find the subject of the sentence and ask what that subject is doing.
What tip can you use to locate a verb? What is an action verb? What are the linking verbs? If a verb looks like an action verb, how can it actually be a linking verb - what tip can you use to help determine if it is action or linking? What do helping verbs help to do?