1. Unit 2 Verbs and Adverbs

2. Verb A word used to express an action, condition, or a state of being.

3. Action Verb Tells what the subject does. This can be physical or mental.

4. Linking Verb Links the subject to a word in the predicate.

5. Linking Verb am, is, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, grow, seem, remain, feel, look, smell, sound, taste

6. Helping Verb Helps the main verb express the degree of meaning.

7. Helping Verb am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being, do, does, did, have, has, had, could, should, would, may, might, must, can, shall, will

8. Verb Phrase Helping verb and main verb.

9. 1.Antz is an example of feature-length animation. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase B

10. 2. The filmmakers will create the graphics on computers. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase D

11. 3. Real ants are nothing like the ones in the film. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase C

12. 4. The filmmakers created the graphics on computers. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase A

13. 5. In the movie, a worker ant falls in love with a princess ant. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase A

14. 6. The worker and the princess will escape to the outside world. a.action verb b.linking verb c.helping verb d.verb phrase D

15. Present Shows that an action or condition happens now.

16. Past Shows that an action or condition was completed in the past.

17. Future Shows that an action or condition will happen.

18. TenseSingularPlural PresentI aid/ you aid/ he, she, it aids We aid/ you aid/ they aid PastI aided/ you aided/ he, she, it aided We aided/ you aided/ they aided FutureI will aid/ you will aid/ he, she, it will aid We will aid/ you will aid/ they will aid

19. 1. The sun rose. past

20. 2. The sun warms the earth. present

21. 3. The warm night air will dry the puddles. future

22. 4. Jim Smith watched his first movie at the age of seven. past

23. 5. Smith lives in a remote corner of Wales. present

24. 6. He says he will always live there. future

25. Progressive Tenses

26. TenseHelping VerbsEnding PresentAm, Is, Are-ing PastWas, Were-ing FutureWill be-ing

27. 1. The sun is chasing the clouds away. present progressive

28. 2. It will be snowing before long. future progressive

29. 3. Last month, snow was falling every day. past progressive

30. 4. Randall was viewing the sun set. past progressive

31. 5. He will be watching the clouds turn varied colors. future progressive

32. 6. We are still enjoying the snow. present progressive

33. Perfect Tenses

34. TenseHelping VerbsEnding PresentHas, Have-ed PastHad-ed FutureWill have-ed

35. 1. I have walked every day for a month. present perfect

36. 2. The window had cracked before the storm. past perfect

37. 3. The ice will have melted before the weekend. future perfect

38. 4. Audiences have watched movies for more than a century. present perfect

39. 5. In twenty years, movies will have lost none of their appeal. future perfect

40. 6. Before 1900, movies had lasted only a minute or two. past perfect

41. Adjectives Describe nouns and pronouns. Answer: What kind? Which one? How many? How much?

42. Adverbs Describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Answer: How? When? Where? To what extent?

43. The amazingly pretty goldfish quickly swam away from the turtle. a. Amazingly, pretty b. Away c. Amazingly, quickly, away d. Pretty, away C

44. In the bright sunlight, your hair looks quite red. a. bright, quite b. bright, red c. looks d. quite D

45. The neighbor's calico cat is quite friendly. A.Adjective B.Adverb B

46. The neighbor's calico cat is quite friendly. A.Adjective B.Adverb A

47. Adverbs Show Comparison Comparative Form –Tall –Taller –Mysterious –More Mysterious

48. Adverbs Show Comparison Superlative Form Tall Tallest –Mysterious –Most Mysterious

49. Luis drives ____than his brother. a. more carefully b. most carefully c. carefullest d. carefuller A

50. Adjective or Adverb? Adjectives –Good –Real –Bad Adverbs –Well (except for health) –Really –Badly

51. The ice cream sundae was a (good /well) invention. good

52. The ice cream sold (real/really) well. really

53. The ice cream tasted (bad/badly). badly

54. Double Negatives Barely Hardly Neither Never Not Nothing Nowhere Scarcely No Nobody None No one Can’t Don’t Hasn't Ain’t

55. Double Negatives Meaning: You are (not never) going to pass this class. You ain’t never gonna pass this class.

56. A.She wasn’t hardly any taller than the mailbox. B. She was hardly any taller than the mailbox. B

57. A.The cow wasn’t milked this morning. B.The cow wasn’t never milked this morning. A

58. The End