1. What do these words have in common?
Pour
Laugh
Run
Toss
Skip
Catch
Soar
Sent
Swim
Walk
Drink
Open
Carry
Text

2. Verbs are the action or doing part of the sentence.
Teaching Grammar Through Writing
Keith Polette

3. Action Verbs are… words that name an ACTION!
words that can express physical actions.
words that can express mental activities.

4. Action Verbs can be tricky when using…
have, has, or had.
These are action verbs when they name what the subject owns or holds.
Example:
The director has a script in her pocket.

5. Action Verbs examples…
Eugene O’Neill’s father, an actor, toured the country.
O’Neill learned about the theater from his father.
toured
learned

6. Action Verbs examples…
O’Neill’s father sent him to Princeton University.
Soon O’Neill developed an interest in the sea.
sent
developed

7. Action Verbs examples…
He left home for two years of travel.
Later, a drama teacher at Harvard University inspired O’Neill.
left
inspired

8. What do these words have in common?Am
Are Is
Was
Were
Have
Has
Had Do
Does
Did
Will
Shall Be
Being
Been
Could
Should
Would
May
Might
Must
Appear
Seem
Become
Became
Look
Remain

9. Linking Verbs…
connect the subject of a sentence with a noun or an adjective in the predicate.
Example:
Bess Powell was the director. N N
was

10. Active Voice… Occurs when the subject performs the action of the verb.
George Bernard Shaw wrote that play.
wrote

11. Passive Voice…
Occurs when the subject receives the action of the verb.
That play was written by George Bernard Shaw.
was written

12. Active/Passive Voice…
Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw.
was written
Passive Voice

13. Active/Passive Voice…
Shaw’s play is based on an ancient Greek myth.
is based
Passive Voice

14. Active/Passive Voice…
Many people saw the play.
saw
Active Voice

15. Active/Passive Voice…
Critics gave it poor reviews
in the newspapers.
gave
Active Voice

16. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs…
A helping verb helps the main verb tell about an action or make a statement.

17. Common Helping Verbs… Am Is
Are
Was
Were
Have
Had
Has Be
Being
Been

18. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs…
The director had joined the crew later in the day, and now he is conducting his own last minute check.
had joined is
conducting

19. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs…
Emmy awards have been announced each year in the category for drama-comedy specials.
have
been announced

20. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs…
Live theater has experienced a surge in attendance.
has
experienced

21. A Sound List Poem-Step 1
Think of six different animals—be specific! (blue heeler)
Think of words—verbs—for the noises that the animals make—be specific! (Onomatopoeia) (yelps)
Think of six different things that make noise in the city—be specific! (fire truck)
Think of words—verbs—for the noises that the things in the city make—be specific! (Onomatopoeia) (wails)

22. A Sound List Poem-Step 2
Put your animals and the sounds they make in one stanza; put the things from the city and the noises they make in another stanza.
Begin and end stanza one with a line like this: Noisy animals, noisy animals everywhere.
Begin and end stanza two with a line like this: City noise, city noise fills the air.
Make your poem unique to your experiences and the city of Lubbock or another city you have visited.

23. A Sound List Poem-Step 3 Write your poem.
Noisy animals, noisy animals everywhere.
Hummingbirds whirr.
Bullfrogs groan.
Hawks screech.
Moths flutter.
Chihuahuas yelp.
Tigers snarl.
City noise, city noise fills the air.
Jackhammers chatter.
Tires squeal.
Sirens wail.
Crowds roar.
Moving trucks moan.
Trains hiss.