About Verbs
What are verbs?
Action/state of being words
Jumped
There was something floating in the river.
Was
Find the pronoun(s) in the sentence:
Trevor was so mad, he threw his pencil across the room.
he, his
What rhetorical appeal is Ethos?
Credibility, celebrity, trustworthiness.
Name two types of verbs.
Action, to-be, linking, helping, auxiliary
The girls skipped and hopped on their way to school.
Skipped and hopped
I haven't ever been to California!
been
Find the nouns in this sentence:
The group was talking while they were supposed to be working on their IXL.
group, IXL.
What was the topic of our first SLO?
Should students be allowed to have all their classes/sit with a friend?
What type of verb usually goes before an action verb?
Helping/linking
Jared tried not to look at them, but they were whispering behind his back.
Tried, look, whispering
I was going to give her my necklace, but she is absent today.
was, is
Find the preposition(s) in this sentence:
If he isn't under the bed or on top of the fridge, maybe the cat is in the cabinet?
under, on top of, in
Name all of the grammar things we have gone over.
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Name all of the to-be verbs
Am, is, are was, were, be, being, been
The seventh grade will be participating in the Warrior Games, where they will compete with other classes to see who is the most athletic class!
participating, compete, see
I'm going to the basketball game after school, are you?
Come up to the board, and write this sentence:
The paperclip sat lifelessly on my desk waiting to be used.
Underline the nouns, circle the verbs, and bracket the prepositions.
The paperclip (noun) sat (verb) lifelessly on (preposition) my desk waiting (verb) to (preposition) be used (verb).
Name all the types of nouns.
Common
Proper
Concrete
Abstract
Collective
To-be verbs show... (need the specific word)
Existence.
The group that has the least amount of points, or the group behind you, gets to write their own sentence for you to find the action verbs in.
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It's going to be so cold, I'm going to wear three layers of clothes!
Give three examples of each of the following categories:
Nouns
Pronouns
Prepositions
Action Verbs
To-Be Verbs
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Name 5 songs by either Harry Styles or Taylor Swift.
LOL