Verbs and Adverbs

Grammar Unit 2

Verbs

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

• There are 4 main types of verbs: action verbs, transitive/intransitive verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs.

Action Verbs

• An action verb expresses physical or mental action.

Examples: The owls hooted all night.I believe you.She thought about the problem.

Ex. 1

Transitive/Intransitive Verbs

• A transitive verb is an action verb that expresses an action directed toward a person or a thing. The action passes from the doer of the verb – the subject- to the receiver of the action – the object.

Ex. Derrick greeted the visitors.Felicia painted her room.

Transitive/Intransitive Verbs

• Intransitive Verbs express action or tell something about the subject without passing action to a receiver.

Examples: The train stopped. Last night we ate on the patio.

Ex. 3

Linking Verbs

• A linking verb is a verb that expresses a state of being. A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with a word in the predicate that identifies or describes the subject.

Examples: Howard Rollins is an actor. The children remained quiet

during the puppet show.Ex.5 , 6, & 7

Helping Verbs

• A verb phrase contains a verb and one or more helping verbs.

• A helping verb helps the main verb to express action or a state of being.

Examples: can speak has been named

should have been caughtEx 9 and Review A

Adverbs

• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• Adverbs answer the following questions: Where? When? How? How often? How long? To what extent? How much?

• Many adverbs end in –ly.

Adverb Examples

• The sprinter ran swiftly. (How)• Jolene was comforting a very small

child. (To what extent)• The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to

enter. ( to what extent and how)• Dad often quoted from his speeches.

(when)• Put the apples there, and we will eat

them later.(where and when) Ex 11, 12, & 13