The tires screeched as Selena mashed

the accelerator. Selena is always

disobeying the speed limit. Selena
should have been driving with more
care, for then she would not have
gotten her third ticket this year. Selena
sobbed in the driver's seat. Officer
Carson was unmoved. To avoid another
speeding ticket, Selena will never again
take her eyes off the road to fiddle with

The tires screeched as Selena mashed

the accelerator. Selena is always
disobeying the speed limit. Selena
should have been driving with more
care, for then she would not have
gotten her third ticket this year. Selena
sobbed in the driver's seat. Officer
Carson was unmoved. To avoid another
speeding ticket, Selena will never again
take her eyes off the road to fiddle with

THREE TYPES OF
VERBS
Action
verbs

Linking
verbs

Helping
verbs

ACTIO
N
These verbs express
Verbs
an actionsomething
that a person, animal,
force of nature, or thing

Some action
verbs:
look
read
watch
eat
jump
climb

If you can do it,

then it is an
action verb.

For
The student listened to the
example:
teacher.
Can
Can
Can
Can
Can

you
you
you
you
you

the? No.
student? No.
to? No.
teacher? No.
listen? Yes.

Chris writes a poem

daily.
Writing is something that Chris
can do.

Kevin worked on the

The dog kept barking

at the passersby.
Barking is something dogs can
do.

Jane and I will watch

LINKIN
G
These verbs, on the
Verbs
other hand, connect
the subject of a
verb to additional

For
example:
Mario is a computer
hacker.
Ising isnt something that Mario
can do. Is simply connects the
subject (Mario) to something said
about him (a computer hacker).

Typhoons are becoming

stronger nowadays.
Areing isnt something typhoons
can do. Are here is simply connecting
the subject (typhoons) to the
additional information (becoming
stronger).

Many action verbs

can also act as

linking verbs.

These linking verbs

typically involve the
fiveappear
senses
feel
grow
look
prove

For
example:
Ryan feels angry.
The student looks
stressed.

If you can substitute is,

are, or am, then it is a
linking
verb.
I smell the delicious aroma
of the pie.
I am the delicious aroma of the pie.

The aroma of the pie smells

The student looked at

the equation until his
brain hurt.
The student is the equation.

The equation looked

He tasted the honeyroasted chicken.

He is the honey-roasted chicken.

The honey-roasted
chicken tasted good.

HELPIN
G
These verbs dont stand
Verbs
alone as main verbs, but
always help either an
action verb or a

Helping verbs:
(BE) (DO (HA MODAL
S
am
VE)
)
can
is
does has
could
are
do have may
was did had might
must
were
havi
ought to
bein
ng
shall

For
example:
I will play the piano.

(will = helping verb; play = action

verb)

He will be a teacher.

There can be more

than one helping
verb in a sentence.

For
My stomach will be
example:

hurting for a few days.

(will, be = helping verbs; hurting =
action verb)

She should have been

eating nutritious food
since she is always sick.
(should, have, been = helping verbs;
eating = action verb)

You cannot have a

logical sentence
without a verb in it.

For
example:
He hard so that he.
He studied hard so
that he can graduate.

For
example:
I fine.
Dont worry, I feel
fine.

For
example:
His grades greatly
since his teacher him.
His grades have been

MIX n MATCH!

Identify the use of the underlined verb in

every sentence. Write AV if it is an action
verb, LV if it is a linking verb, or HV if it
is
a
helping
verb.
1. I am feeling quite ill today.
2. He has been working so hard.
3. The Korean film about zombies is a big hit.
4. She was overjoyed when she saw the board
exam result.
5. His family would always see her off the
airport when he leaves.

Identify the use of the underlined verb in

every sentence. Write AV if it is an action
verb, LV if it is a linking verb, or HV if it
is
a
helping
verb.
6. This is the first time she will be leaving on a
jet plane.
7. Luckily no one was hurt when there was an
accident in the Science Lab.
8. His boss persuaded him to take the project.
9. He will be coming home soon.
10. Now that she is cured of her illness, she

Assignment
:Find, cut out and

paste a news article

onto your notebook,
then underline and
list all the verbs