Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
Parts of Speech: Verbs
Action Verbs
An action verb is a word that describes what someone or something ____________.
An action verb names an action, although not always a ______________ action. Some action verbs
describe ________________ action.
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Tyler swam faster than anyone else at camp.
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Alicia calculated the score in her head.
Sometimes an action verb is followed by a direct object. A direct object _____________
____________________ of a verb. It answers the question _________ or _________ after a
verb.

Kelsey’s soccer team won the game.
An indirect object can appear only in a sentence that has a ______________________. An
indirect object answers the question ______________ or ______________. An indirect object
always comes ______________ the direct object.

Jeff bought Cody a cold drink.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
An action verb can be transitive or intransitive depending on whether or not it
__________________________________ to another word in the sentence.
A transitive verb is followed by a _____________________________.

Robert polished his saddle. (Polished what?)
An intransitive verb ___________________ have a direct object.

Linda waited for the bus. (Ignore the prepositional phrase for the bus. Is there anything
left after the verb?)
Transitive
Intransitive
Amy baked bread.
Amy baked well.
(baked what?) bread
(baked what?) no answer
 Who washed the dog last weekend? _______________________
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The snow floated to the pavement. _______________________

Mr. Smith painted the fence in the front yard. _______________________
Linking Verbs
A linking verb connects a sentence’s __________________ with a noun or an adjective in the
__________________.
In English, the most common linking verb is _________________________________.
Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
A predicate noun tells what the subject ____. Some sentences have a predicate adjective, an
adjective that follows a linking verb and tells what the subject ___________________________.
 An avocado is a fruit. (Fruit is a predicate noun. It tells what the subject is.)

This avocado is ripe. (Ripe is a predicate adjective. It tells what the subject is like)
Common Linking Verbs

The children smelled the steak on the grill.

The caterpillar became a beautiful butterfly.

Lisa is a mother of three.

We grew tired of listening to the same song.

The athletes were ready for the race to start.
Verb Phrases and Helping Verbs
A verb phrase consists of at least one ________________ and one or more helping verbs. A
helping verb helps the main verb express an ______________ or make a _______________.
The most common helping verbs are forms of __________ and ____________.
Helping Verbs
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
He should have studied for the Algebra test.
Has Christine graduated from high school yet?
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Shane couldn’t have broken your window with a baseball.

You should have told me that my drink was leaking.

Once they have saved more money, they will travel to Europe.

Haley doesn’t even want to win the contest.
Verb Forms
Verbs in the progressive form describe action that continues. The present progressive form of a
verb describes an action that is continuing at _______________________.
Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
The present progressive form consists of a _____________________ (am, are, or is) plus the
_______________________________ of the main verb.
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
I am laughing at the joke.
They are running down the street.
The past progressive form of a verb describes an action that was continuing at an
__________________________. The past progressive form consists of a helping verb (was or
were) plus the _______________________________ of the main verb.


I was laughing at the joke.
They were running down the street.
Perfect Tenses: Present and Past
The present perfect tense of a verb is used to describe an action that happened at
_________________________ in the past. It is also used to describe something that happened
in the past and is __________________. The present perfect tense is formed by combining the
helping verb __________________ with the past participle of the main verb.


Ms. Taylor has recycled glass jars for years.
Daniel’s family has visited the beach every summer of his life.
The past perfect tense of a verb describes an action that happened _____________
____________________________ in the past. The past perfect tense is formed by combining
the helping verb _________ with the past participle of the main verb.
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
Until she started collecting cans, Marella had recycled only newspapers.
They had planned to practice after school, but the weather prevented them.
Irregular Verbs
Verbs that do not form their past and past participle by adding the ending _____ are called
irregular verbs. With some irregular verbs, _______________ changes in the past form and past
participle.
Base Form
Past Form
begin
drink
sing
swim
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Yesterday, class ___________ two minutes later. (begin)
We have ___________ every day this summer. (swim)
Who ___________ all of the chocolate milk? (drink)
Past Participle
Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
With other irregular verbs, the past form and the past participle are _______________.
Base Form
Past Form
Past Participle
brought
bought
caught
felt
laid
left
made
sat
slept
taught
thought
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Laura _________ the dress she is wearing today. (make)
Dad _________ us how to build a campfire in the wild. (teach)
Andy _________ the ball in the outfield. (catch)
With some irregular verbs, the past form ends in ___ and the past participle ends in ___.
Base Form
Past Form
Past Participle
blow
draw
fly
grow
know
With other irregular verbs, the base form, __________ form, and ______________ participle
are all the same.
Base Form
Past Form
Past Participle
cut
let
With others, the past form and the past participle do not follow ___________________.
Base Form
be
do
go
wear
Past Form
Past Participle
Name: _________________________________________________
Period: ______
With some irregular verbs, the base form and the past participle are the ____________.
Base Form
Past Form
Past Participle
become
come
run
With other irregular verbs, the past participle ends in ______.
Base Form
bite
break
choose
drive
eat
fall
give
ride
rise
see
speak
steal
take
write
Past Form
Past Participle