Welcome to class!

You should have turned in your name paragraph to Mrs. Colson as you entered class.

Glue the guided notes you were given at the beginning of class onto page 5 of the G.U.M.S. section of your

spiral. On your table of contents, title it VERB BASICS.

Also glue the linking verbs notes onto page 6 of the G.U.M.S. section of your spiral. On your table of

contents, title it COMMON LINKING VERBS.

VERB BASICS

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Action

State of Being (Linking)

The sky looks dark.

He looks at the dark sky.

LINKING VERB

ACTION VERB

VERB TENSE - the time of a verb

Principal Parts of a Main VerbThe forms of a verb from which all verb tenses can be formed

Present (Infinitive) – base form

Present Participle – infinitive + ing

Past – infinitive + ed

Past Participle – infinitive + ed

LOOK

LOOKING

LOOKED

LOOKED

Irregular past and/or past participle

Write = Wrote = Written

= ate = eaten

Infinitive - Past tense, Past Participle, Present Participle, 3rd person singular present

BREAK

Name

Break

Past -

Past Participle -

Present Participle -