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Finding Verbs In Sentences
Grammar
Step 1: Ask these questions
What word is an equal sign?
What is happening?
My mother read my result slip and smiled.
What is happening?
What word is an equal sign?
She has been a piano teacher for twenty
years.
What is happening?
What word is an equal sign?
Our English teacher will be Mrs. Tan next
semester.
What is happening?
What word is an equal sign?
The kitten scratched the sofa.
What is happening?
What word is an equal sign?
Infinitives Are Fake Verbs
“to” + “verb”
“to play” [The baby wants to play.]
“to eat” [I want to eat chicken rice.]
He asked Joanne to help out at the shop.
Fake Verb!Real Verb
I don’t like to watch musicals.
Fake Verb!Real Verb
Our teacher advised us
to revise this chapter again.Fake Verb!
Real Verb
Summary
To find the verb(s) in a sentence, ask,
“What is happening?” [Action verbs]
“What word is an equal sign?” [Linking verbs]
Infinitives (“to” + “verb”) are NOT real verbs.
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