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b y B r i a n P . C l e a r yi l l u s t r a t e d b y B r i a n G a b l e
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Verb: A word
that shows
action or being
To Isabella—B.P.C.
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by Brian P. Clearyillustrated by Brian Gable
MILLBROOK PRESS / MINNEAPOLISJ
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sneak and sniff,
sneeze and seize
and wheeze and whiff.
Verbs are words like
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Planting carrots,getting traction,
Verbs give sentencestheir action.
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You might be exploringthe Alps or the Amazon,
maybe restoringthe chair that your grandma’s on,
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knitting or hittingor roping or biting—
verbs can make sentencesvery exciting.
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that nuzzle and nip,
They tell us of horses
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and birds as they sip.
of bears asthey guzzle
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They tell us of scooters
bothand stopping ,
throws that are curvingor sliding or dropping.
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swerv ing
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So wrap a package, tie a knot,
clap your hands,
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Triumph , tremble,
or cry a lot.
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you’ll use a verbfor each example!
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trot, and trample,
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Fly to the flower shop,dash to the dance,
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swing by the swimming pool,
frolic in France.
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Without verbs, your sentence can’t go anywhere. 13
Soarto the circus
and float to the fair.
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Each sentence has a subject—it’s kind of like the star.
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It’s what the whole thing’sall about:
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Dave’s dish ,
Mom’s look,
Todd’s car.
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Subjects always need a verb—
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it’s what makes fishes swim
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and lanterns lightand writers writeand clippers cut and trim.
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They “link” instead of “do,”
connecting sentence parts, as in,
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Some v
erbsaren’t the action kind—
“Your dog appears quite blue.”
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These linking verbsconnect a subjectto a word or phrase
that’s called a subject complement.It’s done in lots of ways:
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That strudel sure smells great.
It became ridiculous.
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This play seems second rate.
The crime remains a mystery.
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The forms of “be” are linking verbs,
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like, “Are your names Michelle?”
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Were and waswork this way, too— they’re forms of “be” as well.
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I am Shannon.He is Mort.
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Were you the onewho was in court?
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There are timesa form of “be”
is all that’s needed, verbally.
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Whether you slide
or you slurp,
oryou
slip
if you should scream
or you burp,26
or you scratch
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if you’re making a fractionor writing a blurb,
because there is action,you know it’s a verb.
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say to the chef,
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So if you should gloat
or you glistenor listen,
“Take that out and put this in,”
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whether you pounce
or pronounce
or perturb,
I’m here to announcethat you’re using a verb!
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So, what is a verb?
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you know?
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Text copyright © 2007 by Brian P. ClearyIllustrations copyright © 2007 by Millbrook Press, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cleary, Brian P., 1959–Slide and slurp, scratch and burp : more about verbs / by Brian P. Cleary ;
illustrations by Brian Gable.p. cm. – (Words are categorical)
ISBN-13: 978–0–8225–6207–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)ISBN-10: 0–8225–6207–3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)1. English language—Verb—Juvenile literature. I. Gable, Brian, 1949– ill.
II. Title. III. Series: Cleary, Brian P., 1959– Words are categorical. PE1271.C57 2007428.2—dc22 2006012096
Manufactured in the United States of America1 2 3 4 5 6 - JR - 12 11 10 09 08 07
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR
BRIAN P. CLEARY is the author of the Words Are Categorical™and Math Is Categorical™ series, as well as Rainbow Soup:Adventures in Poetry and Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures inWordplay. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
BRIAN GABLE is the illustrator of many Words Are Categorical™books, the Math Is Categorical™ series, and the Make Me Laugh!joke books. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and twochildren.
eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-8805-4