VerbsJalissaya Heard

Professor JohnsonEnglish 99

Verbs• Shows state• Shows occurance• Performs the main part of the predicate of a sentenceExampleLook on the couch for the remote.

Singular Verbs

• Tim ties his shoes.

• Mattie combs her hair.

• Candace hops up and down.

• Sam does his chores.

• Lisa drives to the store.

• Lebron takes his nephew outside.

• Brandon flies to New York.

• A singular subject takes on a singular verb and a plural subject takes on a plural verb.

Plural Verbs• A plural subject takes a plural

verb.

• A singular subject ( she, bill, car) takes a singular verb ( is, goes, shines, and shines.)

• Example• The list of items is/are on the desk.

Singular and Plural verbs

• In the present tense in the third person ( he, she ,it and they.)

• Singular subject verb stem plus S, it fits, and he sits.

• Plural subject verb stem without S,

they sit, and they work.

How does Subject and Verb Agree

• When using " Or" or "Nor" in a compound subject containing a singular and plural subject, the verb agree with the closet subject.

ExampleMy dog always growls at the postal carrier.

How does Subject and Verb Agree?

If a subject is singular, its verb must also be

singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also

be plural.

Subject and Verb Agreement

• Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number ( Singular/ Plural)

Subject and verb disagreement• Is the subject of a sentence must

agree with the verb of the sentence.

Example • She eat apples.

Linking Verbs

• Express the state of being.

• they link the subject of the sentence to a word or phrase in the predicate that renames or describes the subject.

Linking Verbs

• Link the subject of the sentence to a word or phrase in the predicate that renames or describes the subject.

Future Tense Verbs

• A future tense is a verb form that generally marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet.

Helping Verbs

• help the main verb in a sentence by extending the meaning of the verb.

• Past and Present Tense Verbs

• the tense of a verb that expresses action or state in the present time and is used of what occurs or is true at the time of speaking and of what is habitual or characteristic or is always or necessarily true, that is sometimes used to refer to action in the past, and that is sometimes used for future events.

Questions

• What does the term of a verb mean?

• What is subject/verb agreement?

• Can you identify singular and plural verbs?• Can you list the linking verbs are?

• Can you identify helping verbs?• What are three verb tenses?

Reference

• www.softschools.com

• www.towson.com

• www.grammar.yourdictionary.com