VERBS

Kinds of Verbs:
1. Action Verbs- tells what the subject is doing
a) Transitive Verb – with D.O
 Jenna brings Mrs. Smit lunch everyday
 I danced cha-cha.
 If there is no left-over pizza, Rose usually eats whole grain cereal.
b) Intransitive Verb – without D.O
 The bomb exploded in the city center.
 I danced.
 Because of blood sugar problems, Rose always eats before leaving for school.

2. Linking Verbs – links the subject with its predicate, it shows relationship or the state of the object.
 I am glad it is Friday.
 My cats are hungry.
Note: There are other verbs that exist either in action verbs or linking verbs.

 The flowers looked witted. – Linking Verb

 She looked for wildflowers. – Action Verb

3. Auxiliary or Helping Verbs- verbs that are used together with a main verb to show the verb’s tenses
or to form a negative or question.
Common Auxiliary Verbs: Have, Do and Be form.
 Jerry has bought a new shirt to replace the one that was ruined earlier.
 Jerry didn’t put his coffee in a cup with a lid.
 Jerry is writing an e-mail to a client at the moment.
a) Modal Auxiliaries or Modals – used before ordinary verbs to express different meanings such as
permission, possibility, ability, necessity, certainty, obligations, etc.
 Can and Could – ability ex. He can drive a bike.
 Might and May – possibility ex. He may come now.
 Shall, Will and Would – intention ex. You shall report at noon.
I will be there.
 Should, Ought to and Must- necessity ex. We ought to love our brothers and sisters.
b) Primary Auxiliaries- used according to the rules of tenses.
 Be – Continuous Tenses
o She is eating dinner right now.
o Caroline was skiing when she broke her leg.
o Robilyn will be running a marathon this Saturday.
 Have – sentences of Perfect Tense
o I have done my homework.
o Joy had gone out when Ashley arrived in the office.
o I will have run successfully in three marathons if I can finish this one.
 Do – simple of indefinite Tense
o I don’t like pizza.
o He doesn’t like pizza.
o Do you like pizza?
o Does he like pizza?
o He didn’t go home
o Did he go home?
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Verbs

I. Write LV if the underlined verb is a Linking Verb and AV if it is an Action Verb

_____1.The spaghetti sauce tasted delicious.

_____2.She tasted the spaghetti sauce.

_____3.The dog smelled the man’s foot.

_____4.Your ten-year-old lasagna in your refrigerator smells disgusting.

_____5.Jennie’s perfume smells good.

II. Identify the Direct Object in the following sentences. Write IV if it doesn’t have a Direct Object.

_____ 6.Richard annoys his boss so much that he’ll never get a promotion.

_____ 7.Jim owed his landlord Php. 10,000

_____ 8.That perfume smells nice.

_____9.Pete emigrated from Australia in 1998.

_____ 10.Many of the students are not well. They coughed throughout the lesson.

III. Write the correct Linking Verb (Is, Are)

_____11. She __ currently unavailable.

_____12. They __ trying to help her.

_____13. It __ a female cat.

_____14. Your scissors __ is too sharp.

_____15. Mathematics __ my favorite subject.