Verb Note Sheet
The ___________ is the most important part of a sentence.
A verb expresses ____________________________________, or it expresses a ____________________.
If a word is a verb, it has an “ing” form
Examples: run=running
be=being
Verbs can be classified as ______________________________. Some verbs can be action in one sentence, and linking
in another.
Use this test to tell if a verb is action or linking:
If you can replace the verb with a form of _____________(is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been), the verb in the
sentence is a _____________ verb. If you can’t replace it, the verb is a ______________ verb.
A verb phrase consists of the ______________________ and any _____________________ that go with it.
The maximum number of words in a verb phrase is ___________________.
Examples: will have been singing= verb phrase
Helping verbs=__________________________
Main verb_______________________
Be aware that ________________________________________ verb phrases.
Adverb Interrupters
Example: have entirely been given
Main Verb= _______________________
Helping Verbs______________________
Adverb Interrupter=_________________________
Sometimes the verb is______________________. Compound verbs are joined by ____________________________.
Example: She ate candy and drank a coke.
In an ____________________________________, the normal word order is ______________________________.
To make it easier to find the verb phrase, mentally change it into a _____________________.
Example: Will he be going with us?=___________________________________________________.