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Recognizing Action Verbs
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A verb is a word that shows action, links another word to the subject, helps another verb, or merely indicates existence.
Colton Painted the barn.
(action verb-shows what the subject is doing).
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The coffee was hot.
(linking verb-links hot to the subject coffee).
Josiah is cutting the lawn.
(helping verb-is helps the verb cutting to show action).
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The actors are on the stage.
(merely indicates the existence of actors).
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An action verb expresses physical or mental action.
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kick, swallow, speak, close, swing, build, eat (physical action)
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believe, ponder, consider, imagine, realize, hope (mental action)
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Some action verbs have receivers for the action; others do not
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Verbs that have receivers for the action are called transitive verbs.
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The pitcher threw the ball.
(Ball receives the action.)
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Mr. Gray reseeded his lawn.
(Lawn receives the action.)
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We repaired the sail on our catamaran.
(Sail receives the action.)
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Verbs that do not have receivers for the action are called intransitive verbs.
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Their plot failed.
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The train stopped abruptly.
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The ball sailed over the fence.
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The same verb may be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another.
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Melanie Plays tennis. (transitive-tennis receives the action)
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Melanie Plays regularly. (intransitive-no receiver for the action)
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You can determine whether a verb has a receiver for the action by asking whom or what after the verb.
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Practice
Exercise B (numbers 1-5). p.92
Practice
Exercise C (numbers 1-5). p.92
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