1. Verb Flip Book
Your Name

2. Action Verb Tells what the subject does
Action can be physical or mental
Example:
Early humans moved constantly. (physical)
These people worried about survival.
(mental)

3. Linking Verb Links its subject to a word in the predicate
The most common linking verbs are forms of the verb be:
Be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
Appear, become, feel, grow, sound, seem, look and taste can be linking verbs
Example:
I am happy.
Larissa seemed surprised.

4. Helping Verbs Help main verbs express action
Helping verbs + main verb= verb phrase
Common helping verbs-
Forms of be: be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being
Forms of have: have, has, had
Other forms: could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

5. Helping Verbs Examples: Animals could carry human loads farther.
(Could- helping verb, carry- main verb)
People had mastered many skills.
(Had- helping verb, mastered- main verb)

6. Verb Tenses
Tense- is a verb form that shows the time of an action or condition
Tenses: past, present, future, past participle

7. Verb Tenses Present- occurs now. I skate.
Past- occurred in the past. I skated.
Future- will occur in the future. I will skate.
Past Participle- add has, have, or had to the past tense. I had skated.

8. Regular Verbs
Form past and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the present form.
Present Past Past Participle
walk walked has, had, have walked
move moved has, had, have moved
live lived has, had, have lived

9. Irregular Verbs
Verbs whose past and past participle forms are not made by adding -d or -ed to the present form.
Present Past Past Participle
Bring brought has brought
Catch caught has caught
Dig dug has dug
Break broke has broken

10. Indirect Object Indirect object- Usually a noun or pronoun
Follows an action verb
Receives the action of the verb
Answers- to what or whom? For what or whom?

11. Indirect Object Examples: Kathryn gave her sisters a ride.
Sisters- indirect object- answers to whom?
Ride- direct object- answers what?

12. Indirect Object Examples: Hannah sent Stephanie a card.
Stephanie- indirect object- answers to whom?
Card- direct object- answers what?

13. Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs
Singular subjects- take singular verbs
To form singular verbs- add “s”
Example:
Teamwork is important in a jazz band.
Teamwork- singular
Is- singular
Each musician listens to the other.
Each musician- singular
listens- singular

14. Agreement Between Subjects and Verbs
Plural subjects- take plural verbs
To form plural verbs- no “s”
Example:
The musicians play with sheet music.
musicians-plural
play- plural
They hear changes in each other’s sounds.
they -plural
hear- plural (no “s”)