1. Welcome to class! You should have turned in your name paragraph to Mrs. Colson as you entered class. Glue the guided notes onto page 5 G.U.M.S. On your table of contents VERB BASICS Glue the guided notes you were given at the beginning of class onto page 5 of the G.U.M.S. section of your spiral. On your table of contents, title it VERB BASICS. linking verbs notes onto page 6 G.U.M.S.table of contentsCOMMON LINKING VERBS Also glue the linking verbs notes onto page 6 of the G.U.M.S. section of your spiral. On your table of contents, title it COMMON LINKING VERBS.

2. VERB BASICS Colson 2013-2014 sy

4. Action State of Being (Linking)

5. The sky looks dark. He looks at the dark sky. LINKING VERB ACTION VERB

6. - the time of a verb

7. Principal Parts of a Main Verb The forms of a verb from which all verb tenses can be formed Present (Infinitive) – base form Present Participle – infinitive + ing Past – infinitive + ed Past Participle – infinitive + ed LOOK LOOKING LOOKED

8. Irregular past and/or past participle Write = Wrote = Written

9. Infinitive -Past tense,Past Participle,Present Participle, 3 rd person singular present

10. Name Break Past - Past Participle - Present Participle -