1. Verbs
Action, linking, auxiliary (helping), transitive, and intransitive verbs

2. What’s a Verb?
A word used to express action, condition or state of being.
Examples:
Action: They broke the vase.
Condition: It appears that she hurt her leg.
State of being: That shirt is blue.

3. Action Verbs Expresses action (physically or mentally) Examples:
The band marches onto the field. (physical)
The audience expects a great performance. (mental)
The tuba player tripped on his shoelaces. (physical)

4. Linking Verbs
Links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate.
Two types:
forms of to be (is, am, are, was, were, been, being)
and verbs that express condition (look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain).
Examples:
The instruments are safe in the bus.
The students seemed bored during the long trip.

5. Auxiliary or Helping Verbs
Are combined with verbs to form verb phrases
Examples:
Sandra has a pair of Conga drums at home. (main)
She has practiced her drumming all summer. (aux)
I will grade those papers this evening. (aux)
Song to “Jingle Bells”:
Have, has, had--do, does, did,
Would, could, should, might shall
Is, are, was, were, be, being, been,
Am, can, may, must, will.

6. Practice
Identify the action, linking, and auxiliary verbs on a sheet of paper.
Page 16 (orange book)
Answers:
Linking verbs: 2. is, 5. are, 6. remains, becomes
Action verbs: 1. visit, 2. scare, 3. lines, stay, driven 4. strut, pound, wave, toss, catch, twirl
Auxiliary verbs: 2. might, 3. will, has

7. Transitive Verbs
When an action verb appears with a direct object (a person or thing that receives the action), it is a transitive verb.
Example:
Danny plays the trumpet like a professional.
Plays=transitive verb
Trumpet=direct object

8. Intransitive Verbs
When an action verb does not have an object, it is called an intransitive verb.
Examples:
He travels around the country with the other musicians.
travels=intransitive verb
No object