Verbs

 A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being.

Examples: Juan plays basketball on the court.
Miss Klooster is a teacher in our school.
 There are two types of verbs:
- An action verb is a verb that shows action.
Examples: run, swim, hike
- A linking verb does not show action; it links the subject to a word that
describes or identifies the subject. A verb is linking if it can be
replaced by one of the verbs of being (am, is, are, was, were).
Examples: Edgardo appears scared.
The ball is black and white.
 A sentence may contain a verb phrase with a main and one or more

helping verbs:
- A main verb is the last word of a verb phrase.
- Helping verbs are the other words in a verb phrase.
Helping verbs: forms of be, forms of have, forms of do, can could,
shall, should, will, would, must, might, may
Examples: Pamela was playing her flute.
The photographer is taking the picture.
 Verbs have to agree with their subject:
– Singular subjects must have a singular verb.
Example: The boy lives in Canada. Does he ride a bike?
– Plural subjects must have a plural verb. (You and I must have plural verbs)
Example: The kids live in Canada. Do they ride bikes?

 The tense of a verb tells the time: present, past, or future

– Present tense means something is happening in the present.
– Past tense means something happened in the past. Most end in –d or
-ed
 – Future tense means something will happen in the future. Future tense
verbs use will.
 The four principal parts of a verb are present, present participle, past,
and past participle.
– Form the present participle of a regular verb by adding –ing to the
present (or take off the –e and add –ing). Use a helping verb.
– Form the past tense of a regular verb by adding –d or –ed (or change
the –y to –i before adding –ed). Some verbs are irregular in the past.
– Form the past participle of most regular verbs by using a helping verb
have (have, had, has) and the verb in the past tense. Some verbs are
irregular in the past participle.
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
love (is) loving loved (has)
cry (is) cried (has) cried
run (is) running (has) run
(is) blowing blew (has) blown