Verbs-E6


 * II. Verbs**


 * 1. What is a verb?**


 * What is a verb?**

A. Definition: carry the idea of being or action in the sentence

B. Examples: (verbs are bold-faced)

a. We **went** to the beach.

b. The boy is **running** after the ball.

c. They are **leaving** to the beach.

d. She is going **swimming**.

e. We are going to **play** outside.


 * 2. What is the** //**predicate**//**?**

A. Definition: tells something about the subject

B. Examples:

a. The weather **changed** drastically last week. b. Brian carefully **placed** the cake into the oven. c. All our friends **are** at the party.


 * 3. What types of** //**verbs**// **are there?**


 * A.** //**Compound Verbs**//

Definition: You construct a out of an auxiliary verb and another verb.

1. Examples

a. Karl Creelman bicycled around in world in 1899, but his diaries and his bicycle **were destroyed**

b. The book Seema **was looking** for is under the sofa.


 * B.** //**Auxiliary Verbs**//

Definition: auxiliary verbs are called "helping verbs" because they introduce or "help out" the main verb.

1. Examples

a. Ms. Sothros **is** reading our stories

b. We **should** dig for buried treasure


 * C.** //**Transitive Verbs**//

Definition: is an action verb

1. Examples

a. The judge **sentences** the man to five years in prison.

b. The attorney **has revealed** the bad news.


 * D. //Intransitive Verbs//**

Definition: an action verb (that is, it is neither a linking verb nor an auxiliary verb) which does not have a direct object.

1. Examples

a. He **runs** around the park daily.

b. I must **lay** down before I pass out.


 * E. //Linking Verbs//**

Definition: is a verb which links or establishes a relationship between the subject and a term in the predicate which describes or renames the subject.

1. Examples

a. The soup **tasted** very good today he thought.

b. He did not **feel** that well at lunch.


 * F. What is a //Verbal//?**

Definition: a noun that describes the action of the verb action of the verb


 * 1. The three types of //Verbals// are:**

a. Gerunds

b. Infinities

c. Supines


 * G. What is a //Gerund//?**

Definition: a noun formed from a verb

1. Examples

a. I **apologized** **for being** late to class

b. I feel like going home.


 * H. What is a //Participle//?**

Definition: is a verb used as an adjective.

1. Examples

a. Mrs. Jones pet alligator ate the bunny.

b. The dog jumped over the fence.


 * G. What is an** //**Infinitive**//**?**

Definition: a verb form serving as a noun or as a modifier and at the same time taking objects and adverbial modifiers

1. Examples: a verb form serving as a noun or as a modifier and at the same time taking objects and adverbial modifiers

a. He promised **not** to do that again

b. Do you want to **truly** know me?