Verbs
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that expresses action or state of being.
Name the main verb: Sula can take you to Target later tonight.
Take
I hate tomatoes, but I love ketchup!
Compound
Write an example of an interrogative sentence.
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Name the helping verb in the sentence. Shadow can speak French fluently.
Can
Harvey and Shadow ate pizza and watched a movie last night.
Simple
Fix this fragment: Because she was late.
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What type of verb has to go with a helping verb?
A main verb
What part of speech is the italicized word? Mr. Phillips traded his crutches for a cane.
Possessive pronoun adjective
It was hot outside; we were sweaty by 11:00.
Compound
Fix the run-on sentence by writing a simple sentence with a compound verb. We want to see the movie we want to go to the mall.
We want to see the movie and go to the mall.
Name the helping verb: I think my brother should go to bed early.
Name the object of the preposition. We're going to a pep rally before our first class.
After you make your bed, you may go to the movies.
Complex
What can an adverb describe or modify?
An adverb can describe or modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Name 7 helping verbs.
am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being, do, does, did, have, has, had, may, can, must, might, shall, will, should, would, could
How many nouns are there in this sentence? When the bell rang, we sprinted outside quickly.
1
After he comes back, we will eat dinner.
Complex
Name 7 subordinating conjunctions.
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