A verb tells of an action or a state of being.

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A verb tells of an action or a state of being.

• State of being.

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Action Verbs

• Explode! Scream! Sneeze! Text! Kick! What are
  these words doing? They are expressing action,
  something that a person, animal, force of nature,
  or thing can do. As a result, we call these words
  action verbs.

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Action verb examples

• Ex. Carlos watched pretty women in skimpy bikinis
  parading on the beach.
• Watching is something that Carlos can do.
• Ex. The alarm clock buzzed like an angry
  bumblebee.
• Buzzing is something that the alarm clock can do.

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Linking Verbs

• Linking verbs do not express action. Instead,
  they connect the subject of the verb (predicate)
  to additional information about the subject.
  Linking verbs tell of a state of being.
• The most common linking verb is To be (and all
  of its forms). Other linking verbs include
  appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell,
  sound, taste. (Sometimes these verbs are linking
  verbs sometimes they are action verbs.) WHAT!?
  (Before you freak out, see the next slide!)

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Huh? How do you tell when they are action verbs
and when they are linking verbs?

• appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell,
  sound, taste. (Sometimes these verbs are linking
  verbs sometimes they are action verbs.)
• If you can substitute am, is, or are and the
  sentence still sounds logical, you have a linking
  verb on your hands.
• The rose smells beautiful. (The rose is
  beautiful.) Because is can replace smells,
  smells is a linking verb
• She smells the pizza. (She is the pizza.)
  Huhdoesnt make sense, so in this case smells
  is an action verb.

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Schoolhouse Rock- Verbs

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vgGrIJpI5yh0

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Do the Verbs practice sheet yo.
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Adjectives
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Adjectives

• Tell you about, or describe, a NOUN or PRONOUN.

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Adjectives tell you about

• What kind
• Ex. Big, blue, round, short, spectacular
• How many
• Ex. A, ten, lots, some, several, one
• Which ones
• Ex. That, those, his, hers, their, your, its, the
• One, big, robust pig ate those rotten beets.

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Please note

• Articles (a, an, the) are considered adjectives.
• To help you find adjectives
• Find the noun(s) and pronoun(s) in a sentence and
  ask yourself if there are any words describing
  them.
• Ex. Your dog ate my baseball hat.
• Your is telling us about which specific dog is
  being discussed.
• At first glance, you might be tempted to say
  baseball is a noun, but upon closer inspection,
  we see that, in this case, the word baseball
  actually describes the noun hat. Therefore,
  baseball is an adjective in this sentence.

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Schoolhouse Rock- Adjectives

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vNkuuZEey_bs

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Do the adjectives practice sheet yo.
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Adverbs
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Adverbs

• Describe, or modify, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, or other
  ADVERBS.
• Adverbs tell you
• How- secretly, quickly, carefully
• When- then, later, finally
• Where- nearby, underground, here
• To what extent- often, deep, never

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Examples

• An adverb modifying a verb
• Chefs plan their meals carefully. (carefully
  modifies the verb plan.)
• An adverb modifying an adjective
• Vegetables provide very important nutrients.
  (very modifies the adjective important.)
• An adverb modifying another adverb
• She sang more beautifully tonight than last
  night. (more modifies the adverb beautifully,
  beautifully modifies the verb sang.)

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FYI

• Many, but not all, adverbs end in ly.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vSHZ56XhSArg

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Do the adverbs practice sheet yo.