SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
It’s time for some GRAMMAR, folks!
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
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In the BACK of your Writers Notebook, date the
page and write the following 3 sentences:
 Sean
ate the pizza.
 Mike and Kira are happy.
 Emma was running in the
race.
What do you
NOTICE about these
sentences?
SENTENCES OF THE WEEK—HIGHLIGHT
THE VERBS
Sean
ate the pizza.
Mike and Kira are happy.
Emma was running in the
race.
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
Sean ate the pizza.
Action verb: Expresses action,
something that a person,
animal, force of nature, or
thing can do.
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
Mike
and Kira are happy.
Linking verb: Linking verbs
do not express action.
Instead, they connect the
SUBJECT of the VERB to
additional information about
the subject.
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
Linking
verbs- can you
memorize all 23 of these?
Is, am, are, was, were, be,
being, been, have, has,
had, do, does, did, shall,
will, should, would, may,
might, must, can, could
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
Emma was running in the
race.
Helping verb: Helping verbs have no
meaning on their own.
They are necessary for the grammatical
structure of a sentence, but they do not
tell us very much alone.
We usually use helping verbs with
MAIN VERBS. They "help" the main
verb (which has the real meaning).
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK
Imitate:
Write 3 of your
own sentences one with
each type of verb: action,
linking, helping
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK: VERBS!
 Verb
is a word that shows action or
expresses a state of being.
 Am,
are, is, was, were, be, being, and
been are all forms of the verb be. They
tell what someone or something is, was,
or will be.
 There
are three kinds of verbs:
action verbs, linking verbs, and helping
verbs.
SENTENCE OF THE WEEK: VERBS!



An action verb tells the action of a sentence.
Examples: run, hop, skip, sleep, jump, talk, snore
Matt ran to the store. Ran is the action verb.
A linking verb joins the subject and predicate of a
sentence.
Examples: am, is, are, was, were
Matt was at the store. was is the linking verb.
A helping verb is used with an action verb to help the
action of the sentence.
Examples: am, is, are, was, were
Matt was helping Michael. was helps the action verb
helping.
REVIEW
Q
1: Name the action verb in the following
sentence.
Then he delivers a speech.
a. Then
b. delivers
c. a
d. he
REVIEW
Q
2: The clips kept the mustache clean
during meals.
What is the type of the underlined verb?
A. action
b. linking
REVIEW

Q 3: Cleopatra ________ one of the most famous.
Use the correct form of be in the above sentence
A. were
b. was
c. am
REVIEW
Q
4: Addition problems are fun to do.
Select the LINKING verb in the above
sentence.
a. addition
b. are
c. fun
d. problems
REVIEW
Q
5: Some have examined bears in winter.
Find the HELPING verb in the above
sentence.
a. bears
b. Some
c. have
d. examined
IDENTIFYING VERBS
1. Bears have been present in this forest for
years.
2. I should be tired, but I jumped out of bed this
morning.
3. Fred crashed into the street sign.
4. The students must have been thrilled to find
out the test was postponed.
5. Toby might devour his cat food in a record
amount of time.
PRACTICE
1.
2.
Identify the subject and verb.
Is the verb expressing an action or state of being?
Is there an action verb?
yes
no
 if yes, determine if there is a helping verb
that HELPS the action verb.
If the verb expresses a state of being, you have a
linking verb.
PRACTICE
 Choose
an action verb.
 Choose a subject to go along with your
action verb and write an original
sentence.
 Using
the same subject, write two new
sentences that include…
 A linking verb
 A helping verb
PRACTICE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Terry became a very successful student
after listening to advice from his
teachers.
I am really smart because I study daily.
Melissa earned a doctoral degree in
English.
I was eating dinner when my brother
returned home.
Edgar owns his own farm and raises
cattle.
PRACTICE - ANSWERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Terry became a very successful student
after listening to advice from his teachers.
linking
I am really smart because I study daily.
Melissa earned a doctoral degree in
English. linking
I was eating dinner when my brother
returned home. was – helping; eating –
action
Edgar owns his own farm and raises cattle.
action
PRACTICE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The strong winds blew down the old tree.
Brianna is an avid reader.
The boxes are in the back of my truck.
The movie has been reviewed positively
by critics.
There will be snow on the ground
tomorrow.
Lisa has painted pictures of animals.
PRACTICE – ANSWERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The strong winds blew down the old tree.
action
Brianna is an avid reader. linking
The boxes are in the back of my truck.
linking
The movie has been reviewed positively
by critics. Has been – helping; reviewed –
action
There will be snow on the ground
tomorrow. linking
Lisa has painted pictures of animals. Has
– helping; painted – action