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Verb Review
Action Verbs
 An action verb shows action in the predicate
part of the sentence. It tells what the subject
does.
 Some action verbs tell about feelings and actions
that cannot be seen.
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Circle the action verb in each sentence.
1. Our class planned a picnic.
2. Everyone brought sandwiches.
Present Tense Verbs
 The tense of a verb tells when the action takes
place.
 A verb in the present tense tells what happens
now.
 Add –s to most present tense verbs with singular
subjects.
 When a present tense verb with a singular
subject ends in –sh, -ch, -s, -z, add –es.
 When a present tense verb with a singular
subject ends in a –y, change the y to an i and add
–es.
 Do not add –s or –es to a present tense verb
when the subject is plural.
Circle the correct singular or plural form of the
verb in each sentence below.
1. The garden club members (meet, meets) at
noon.
2. Lisa (give, gives) a report on the flower sale.
Past Tense Verbs
 A past tense verb tells about an action that has
already happened.
 Add –ed to form the past tense of most verbs.
 Drop the e and add –ed to verbs that end in e
 The same form of a regular past tense verb is
used with both singular and plural subjects in
simple and compound sentences.
 There are special rules for making past tense
verbs.
 Change the y to i before adding –ed if the verb
ends with a consonant y.
 Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that
end with one vowel and a consonant.
Give the past tense form of each action verb in
parentheses. Write the answer on the line.
1. We (hike) through Logan Forest last week.______
2. The rain (stop) at last. ___________
 An irregular verb has a special spelling for the
past tense. Some irregular verbs are:
come/came, do/did, say/said, go/went, eat/ate,
and sing/sang.
Future Verbs
 A verb in the future tense tells about an action
that will happen.
 Use will with a verb to form future.
 The same future tense verb is used for both
singular and plural nouns.
Write the future tense form of each action verb in
parentheses.
1. The Panthers (play) the Greenwood Bears.
____________
2. The bank (march) onto the field. ______________
Linking Verbs
 A linking verb does not show action. If
connects the subject to the predicate of the
sentence. It tells what the subject is or is like.
 The verb Be is the most common linking verb. It
has special forms in the present tense: am, is ,
are.
 The verb Be is the most common linking verb. It
has special forms in the past tense: was , were.
 Use the linking verbs am, is , and was when the
subject is singular.
Write the linking verb in each sentence.
1. The trees are so colorful this fall. _____________
2. I am a big fan of pumpkin pies! ______________
Main and Helping Verbs
 A verb may be more than one word. The main
verb tells what the subject is or does. The
helping verb helps the main verb show action:
has baked
Read each sentence. Underline the main verb and
helpingver..b.
verb.
circle the helping
1. Jenna has read a book about recycling.
2. Mr. Hart’s class had started recycling last year.
 The verb forms of Be can also act as helping
verbs. Is, are, am, was, were, and will can be
helping verbs.