Friday 27 July 2012

VERB




A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentences.(The word that is doing something)

  1. Most people sleep at night.
  2. 'Walk, don't run!' says the teacher.
  3. Adele ate her lunch, then played piano.
  4. Will you remember school when you grow up?
  5. That burglar alarm has been ringing for 10 minutes, I will call the police.
  6. I play football.
  7. They skip quickly.
  8. We eat pizza.
  9. Bieber is seven today.


There are 3 types of verb.

  • Action verb
  • Linking verb
  • Helping verb

LINKING VERB.

A linking verb links the subject to a word that either
describes the subject or gives the subject another name.
It states that something ''is'' or ''exists''.

A verb is a linking verb if it can replace one of the verbs 
of being (am, is, are, was, were) and make sense.

  1. We were nervous.
  2. The soup tastes delicious.
  3. Brad is an author.
  4. Angelina looked sad.





Ann Is A Wild, Wonderful, Bouncing, Baby Bear. <<< technic to remember the common linking verb.

  • (A)nn             -        AM
  • (I)s                -          IS
  • (A)                -        ARE
  • (W)ild            -       WAS
  • (W)onderful   -       WERE
  • (B)ouncing     -         BE
  • (B)aby           -      BEING
  • (B)ear            -       BEEN






  1. appear
  2. become
  3. feel
  4. grow
  5. look
  6. remain
  7. seem
  8. smell
  9. sound
  10. stay
  11. taste
  12. turn
These verbs can be action nor linking verb, depending on how thay are used.






HELPING VERB.
















>>>>>>> Simple Way To Remember The Helping Verbs <<<<<<<

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