Verbs: Action, Linking, Main, and Helping

Ms. Ghio’s 3rd grade

Types of Verbs

• Action verbs• Linking verbs•Main verbs• Helping verbs

Action Verbs

• An action verb tells what people or things can do.

• These are some action verbs: • play• write• scream• dance• pick

Linking Verbs

• A linking verb connects (links) the subject to words in the predicate.

• These are some linking verbs: • am• is• was • were• seem

Verb Phrases: Main Verbs

• A phrase is a group of words. • A verb phrase is a verb that has more than one

verb in it. • The Main Verb shows the action.

helping verb + action verb = verb phrasehas + jumped = has jumped

Has jumped is the verb phrase

Verb Phrases: Helping Verbs

• Helping verbs show the time of the action. – Past (was, were, has, have, had), present (am, is, are),

and future (will)• It comes before the main verb in a verb phrase. • These are some helping verbs (in a verb phrase):

• have skied • has jumped • has made• have cooked

Which type of verb is it?

Which type of verb is in each sentence? 1. The dog has been to the vet. 2. She is a champion.3. My uncle was a black belt. 4. The boy ran faster than anyone else. 5. We have played soccer for three years. 6. The race car driver drove slowly.