Verbs and Adverbs
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Verbs
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Intransitive verb
It does not direct action toward
someone or something named
in the same sentence.
Verbs
ex.
The temperature fell during the night.
Alice left after dinner.
Fran awoke early.
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Finite verb
A finite verb makes an assertion or expresses a state of being, and can stand
by itself as the main verb of a sentence.
Verbs
ex.
The leaves were yellow
and slippery.
The truck demolished
the restaurant.
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Non-Finite verb
A non-finite verb is a verb that cannot
be main verbs by themselves.
Verbs
ex.
The wheezing man.
The broken window.
Game
Underline the verb!
Bill reads science fiction.
Tom writes short stories.
Father seems annoyed.
The wet cat looked funny.
Pat dropped her books.
The storm toppled the tree.
The temperature fell during the night.
Fran awoke early.
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Transitive verb
An action verb is transitive if it directs action toward someone or something named in the same sentence.
Verbs
ex.
Pat dropped her books.
The storm toppled the tree.
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Linking verb
A verb that connects a noun or a pronoun at or near the beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end.
Verbs
ex.
Dorris is the winner!
The losers are Jill and Joe.
He was glad.
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Helping verb
Verbs that can be added to another verb to make a single verb phrase.
Verbs
Without
They sing in the morning!
helping verbs
With
They will sing in the morning!
helping verbs
Adverbs
Word that modifies a verb,
an adjective, or another adverb.
ex.
Move aside.
Climbs down.
Quickly left.
Happily read.
Will end abruptly.
Had been sung loudly.
Fell below.
Went there.
Arrived today.
Begins then.
Danced awkwardly.
Should often have spoken.
Assignment
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Exercise B 1-5.
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Exercise A 1-5.
Do not make columns
just underline the adverb.