Verbs - Lessons 1&2

Action, Being and Linking Verbs

Action Verbs can be:

physical - run

mental - dream

Being Verb

-shows a state of being - is

Linking Verb

-Links subject to predicate

Mrs. Hayes is a teacher. Mrs. Hayes = teacher

Linking vs. Action:

Linking:

The tomato grew moldy.
The tomato was moldy

Action:

Jim grew tomatoes.
Jim is not tomatoes.

Verb Phrases

Verb Phrase
1. main verb - main action or being
helping verb - completed the meaning of the verb

Heidi is running well today
hv - is
mv- running
verb phrase - is running

2. be, have, do can be main and helping verbs

3. Words interrupt a verb phrase

Do you see any signs? Change questions to statements to make it easier to identify verb phrases: You do see signs.

verb phrase - do see

I can't find the map. I can not find the map.

verb phrase - can find