5th Verbs and Adverbs

5th Verbs and Adverbs

Verbs and Verb Phrases

• Action verbs: express action (dance, run, dream, write, etc.)

• Being verbs: express a state of being (is, are, was, were, am, be, been, being)

• Verb phrase: group of words that does the work of a single verb (contains a main verb and one or more helping verbs)

Multiple Choice

Is the following verb an action or being verb?

run

• action verb

• being verb

Multiple Choice

Is the following verb an action or being verb?

am

• action verb

• being verb

Multiple Choice

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?

Charles is listening to music during the flight to Hawaii.

• Charles is listening

• is listening

• is listening to music

• during the flight to Hawaii.

Multiple Choice

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?

We should finish our homework before we watch TV.

• before we watch TV

• watch TV

• we should finish our homework

• should finish

Multiple Choice

What is the verb phrase in the sentence?

Birds could have been a descendant of dinosaurs.

• have been

• could have been

• Birds could have been

• a descendant of dinosaurs

Principal Parts of Verbs

• Four principal parts of verbs: the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle.

• Present Participle: adding -ing to the present form, often used with a helping verb (am, is, are, was, were, been)

• Past: adding -ed to the present form

• Past Participle: adding -ed to the present form, often used with the helping verbs has, have, or had

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined word is present, present participle, past, or past participle.

Beth was talking to her friends at recess.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined word is present, present participle, past, or past participle.

I have played soccer everyday after school this week.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined word is present, present participle, past, or past participle.

Please stop at the end of the hallway.

• present

• present participle

• past

• past participle

Irregular Verbs

• The simple past and the past participle of irregular verbs DO NOT end in -ed.

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence by using either the past or the past participle of the words in parentheses. Some verbs are regular.

I almost _________ the glass when I reached for the salt. (break)

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence by using either the past or the past participle of the words in parentheses. Some verbs are regular.

We ____________ the chef making pizza at the restaurant. (see)

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence by using either the past or the past participle of the words in parentheses. Some verbs are regular.

Earlier Hannah had ______ the pizza go into the huge brick oven. (see)

Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence by using either the past or the past participle of the words in parentheses. Some verbs are regular.

Sam ________ his name into the tree trunk with a stick. (scratch)

Linking Verbs

• Linking verbs join a subject with a subject complement that identifies or describes the subject.

• The verb be and its various forms are the most common linking verbs: am, is, are, was, were, have been, has been, will be.

• Other common linking verbs: become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, taste.

Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb and the subject complement in the sentence.

Some shoes in the store were sandals.

• LV: in the store

  SC: sandals

• LV: some shoes

  SC: were sandals

• LV: were

  SC: sandals

Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb and the subject complement in the sentence.

Strong tennis rackets are important when playing a tennis match.

• LV: when playing

  SC: tennis match

• LV: are

  SC: important

• LV: are

  SC: important when playing a tennis match

Adverbs of Time, Place, and Manner

• An adverb of time answers the questions when or how often (again, early, late, frequently, once, immediately, now, etc.)

• An adverb of place answers the question where (above, below, down, everywhere, far, here, on, out, etc.)

• An adverb of manner answers the question how (angrily, fast, happily, hard, quickly, truthfully, well, etc.)

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in each sentence.

Jasmine read a book about Mark Twain once.

• read

• book

• about

• once

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in each sentence.

The mermaid gracefully swam through the water.

• mermaid

• gracefully

• through

• through the water

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in each sentence.

Rose frequently helps her mother wash the dishes.

• frequently

• helps

• her mother

• the dishes

Adverb Clauses

• An adverb clause is a dependent clause (cannot stand alone) that is used as an adverb.

• Common conjunctions used to introduce adverb clauses include after, as, as soon as, before, once, since, until, when, whenever, while.

• An adverb phrase usually comes at the beginning or end of a sentence.

• Start signal: conjunction; Stop signal: punctuation mark (. or ,)

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence.

Whenever I go to the library, I use the computer catalog.

• whenever

• whenever I go to the library

• I use the computer catalog

• the computer catalog

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence.

I won't be able to read the book until I get home.

• I won't be able to read

• I won't be able to read the book

• to read the book until I get home

• until I get home

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence.

After I checked out the book, I walked to the ice cream shop nearby.

• after I checked out the book

• I walked

• I walked to the ice cream shop nearby

• nearby

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence.

I ate my mint chocolate chip ice cream as soon as the waitress handed it to me.

• I ate my mint chocolate chip ice cream

• as soon as the waitress handed it to me

• handed it to me

• to me