VERBS – Unit 3
6th Grade
By: Angélica
Guerra, MS
Greater Miami Adventist Academy
Collated with Houghton Mifflin – English 6
ACTION VERBS - 1
• VERB: The main word in the predicate /
The simple predicate
• ACTION VERB: What the subject does or did
• I cook dinner.
- Ann grabbed an apple.
• Action can be:
• PHYSICAL:
can be seen (I eat soup.)
• MENTAL or EMOTIONAL: cannot be seen
(I want a dog. / The boy studies his lesson.)
Make a
sentence
using an
action verb:
MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS - 2
• VERB PHRASE: A verb that is made up of more
than ONE word
• VERB PHRASE is made up of:
• MAIN VERB – the verb that expresses the action or being
• HELPING VERBS – work with the main verb and don’t
show any action
EX: Bill has eaten his dinner. / I would have gone home!
Memorize list of Helping Verbs on p. 120.
MAIN VERBS & HELPING VERBS
continuation…
• Some verbs can be a MAIN VERB in one
sentence and a HELPING VERB in another.
• MAIN VB.=
I did my work yesterday.
• HELPING VB.=
I did see you at the mall.
• In questions the verb parts may be separated.
May I go with you? / Should we eat now?
Make sentences with VERB PHRASES:
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERBS
lessons 3 & 4
• TRANSITIVE VB.= A verb that SENDS its action
to a noun or pronoun
– DIRECT OBJECT = The noun or pronoun that
RECEIVES the action
The teacher writes a letter.
• INTRANSITIVE VB.= A verb that DOESN’T send
its action anywhere (no Direct Object)
The teacher writes.
Abigail
Make sentences: some Transitive &
others Intransitive
(ask the proper question on each)
DIRECT OBJECT - lesson 3
• A noun or pronoun that tells WHO or
WHAT receives the action of the verb.
• We climbed Mt. Rainer.
• D.O. may be a noun or pronoun.
• The doctor helped Ana.
• The doctor helped her.
• D.O. may be compound (more than 1)
• The bear eats berries and fish.
Tell if the
sentence is
Transitive or
Intransitive;
if transitive,
identify the
D.O.
• My golden retriever runs
a lot.
• She eats biscuits and
fruit.
• She barks all day long.
• I made dinner for her.
• I took her and my friend
Kathy to the museum.
Make a sentence with D.O. (for extra
points – more than one D.O.)
BEING VERBS & LINKING VERBS - 5
BEING VERBS
• Show what the subject
is or is like.
Ana seems tired.
The janitor was tired.
See and memorize:
common Being Verbs on
page 129
• A BEING verb is often a
LINKING verb – It links
the subject to a word in
the predicate.
• The word it is linked to
is either:
– Predicate Noun
• My mom is a doctor.
– Predicate Adjective
• My mom is tired.
PREDICATE NOUNS & PREDICATE
ADJECTIVES – use with Linking Verbs
• LINKING VERB: Links or connects the
subject to another word in the PREDICATE
• PREDICATE NOUN: Renames the subject
Quinoa is a grain. / It was a popular food for
the Incas.
• PREDICATE ADJECTIVE: Describes subject
It is delicious. / This grain tastes good.
Some verbs can be either linking verbs or action verbs:
LINKING
ACTION
• The pilot looks young. • The boy looks at the dog.
• Lucy smelled sweaty. • I smelled the rose.
Tell if the verb is ACTION or LINKING:
•
•
•
•
•
The new girl has become my friend.
The project appears copied.
The teacher tasted the soup.
It tasted too salty.
Jan feels the surface of the table.
Make 2 sentences with LINKING
verbs – one with predicate noun
or predicate adjective:
SIMPLE VERB TENSES - 6
• Tense means WHEN the action or state of being
takes place.
• PRESENT: Is happening now
• Remember: 3rd person singular – add –s
• He sings a song. Steve laughs. Maria smells the rose.
• PAST: Already happened
• FUTURE: Is going to happen
THE VERB BE -
The most common verb
PAST
PRESENT
Simple Tense
Review
NUMBER
1st
singular
PERSON
I
was
am
FUTURE
will be
2nd
singular
YOU
were
are
will be
3rd
singular
HE / SHE / IT
was
is
will be
1st plural
WE
were
are
will be
2nd plural
YOU
were
are
will be
3rd plural
THEY
were
are
will be
PERFECT TENSES - 7
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
Action that took
Action in the past that Action that will be
place at an indefinite was completed before completed before
time in the past; it
another action took
another action in
may still be going on
place
the future
Manny has walked these
halls for years.
Manny had finished eating
before lunch ended.
Manny will have graduated
before May 21, 2013.
NOW PRACTICE WRITING SENTENCES WITH
THESE PERFECT TENSE VERBS:
PAST PERF.
• conduct
• laugh
• sleep
PRESENT PERF.
• plant
• wipe
• cry
FUTURE PER.
• coach
• fix
• wrestle
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT - 9
• A verb and its subject MUST agree in number
– Singular verb = singular subject An ant crawls.
– Plural verb = plural subject
Three ant crawl.
• The verb BE doesn’t follow the usual rules.
– Check chart on page 144
Make a sentence with the proper
form of BE the teacher will tell you:
More Subject-Verb Agreement – 10
(Agreement with Compound Subject)
• When joining subject with words such as OR,
EITHER…OR, or NEITHER…NOR, the verb may
be singular or plural.
• Plural verb: if both subjects are plural.
– The dogs and cats were both eating.
• Singular verb: if both subjects are singular.
– Neither Jim nor Steve is here.
Continuation… (lesson 10)
• Verb Agrees with the SUBJECT CLOSEST: When
ONE subject is singular and ONE is plural.
– Either the twins or Marc is singing today.
– Either Marc or the twins are singing today.
****Choose the correct verb:****
– Ana or my parent ______ taking me to church.
– Neither the sixth graders nor Mr. Cortes ____ here.
Make a sentence that requires subjectverb agreement (help yourself with the
previous 2 slides):
Continuation… (lesson 10)
• INVERTED SENTENCE – The subject IS NOT at
the beginning.
• When a sentence begins with HERE or THERE,
the verb MUST also agree with the subject.
• To find the subject, ask:
WHO or WHAT IS HERE?
– Here is the book.
(What is here?)
– There are my friends! (Who is here?)
Make a sentence using HERE or THERE:
CONTRACTIONS - 11
• Sometimes the verb is shortened in the cont.
– Notice that the apostrophe goes where the
letter is missing:
We are = we’re
I am – I’m
• Often a verb and NOT are combined.
– NOT is not part of the verb!
Ana isn’t coming today. / Ana is not coming today.
Write a sentence with a contraction:
THE END
Now, prepare for your test!