day 7 – verbs and intro to fiction instructor: kyle britt
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Day 7 – Verbs and Intro to FictionINSTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT
Objectives• Understand and identify the importance of verbs and their
usage.
• Analyze a work of fiction for the effects of narrative techniques.
Homework: VCR Exercise A
Warm Up• Write 5 short sentences describing your favorite sport.
Identify the prepositional phrases.
Ex: Soccer is the best sport that uses a ball flying through the air.
Verbs• A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being and is
necessary to make a statement.
• Ex: I am free. (Am is the verb as it is a state of being.)
• “Real” Verbs are separated into:1. Action
2. Linking
• There is also a verb-like type called helping verbs.
Action Verbs• Action verbs tell what a person or thing does. They can express
mental or physical action.
• Ex: The dog barked all day. (physical action)
• Ex: He thought about the dog all day. (mental action)
Linking Verbs• A linking verb joins the subject of a sentence with a word or
expression that identifies or describes the subject.
• Expresses a state of being.
• All forms of the verb to be are linking verbs.
• Ex: The teacher is cranky. (Is links cranky to teacher.)
Handy Tip for Linking Verbs• Linking verbs are like the equal signs of language. (=)
• Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb.
Action or Linking Verb?We celebrated the Chinese New
Year.The holiday is usually in February.
action
linking
Action or Linking Verb?• John looked tired.
• John looked through the binoculars.action
linking
Action or Linking Verb?• Remain in your seats until the
end of class.
• Remain calm.
action
linking
Action or Linking Verb? Your Turn!• Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or
becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb.
• The sky looks blue.
• I walked home.
• Our teacher seemed crazy.