Action Verbs
What is an action verb?
Words that tell what someone or something does.
What is a linking verb?
Words that show what a person is or is like.
What are present tense verbs?
Verbs that describe an action that is happening now.
What is an irregular verb?
A verb that doesn't use the regular rules for past tense?
What word do we use to show future tense?
Will
Give an example of an action verb.
Walk, Run, Jogged, Skipped, Ran, Jumped, or Walked.
Give an example of a sentence with a linking verb.
He is happy.
What are past tense verbs?
Verbs that describe an action that happened in the past.
What is the past tense of to go?
Went.
Change the following sentence to the future tense: I play outside.
I will play outside.
Identify the action verb in the sentence: The cat jumps.
Jumps
Identify the linking verb in the sentence: The sky is blue.
Is
What are future tense verbs?
What is the past tense of to eat.
Eaten.
What is the future tense of the verb to read.
Will read.
What is the action verb in the sentence: She kicks the ball.
Kicks
What is the linking verb in the sentence: I am cold.
Am.
Is this sentence present or past tense: I walk my dogs today.
Present
What is the present tense of to be?
Am, is or, Are.
Change the sentence: I run down the field. to future tense.
I will run down the field.
Name three action verbs.
Jump, dance, swim.
List three linking verbs.
Is, Are, and Was.
Is this sentence past or present tense: I walked my dogs yesterday.
Give an example of a sentence using an irregular verb.
I had a cookie.
What is the future tense verb for the sentence: Tomorrow I will play soccer.
Will