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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.
Circle the action verb in each sentence.
- Our class planned a picnic.
- 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.
- The garden club members (meet, meets) at noon.
- 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.
- We (hike) through Logan Forest last week.______
- 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 tensetells 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.
- The Panthers (play) the Greenwood Bears. ______
- 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.
- The trees are so colorful this fall. ______
- 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 circle the helping ver..b.
- Jenna has read a book about recycling.
- 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.