English 4Name:

Grammar Unit 1

Parts of Speech: VERBS

Verbs: do one of two things in a sentence: they either ______or ______a ______to the rest of the sentence.

Action Verbs:

  1. Physical action. Give 3 examples:
  1. Mental action. Give 3 examples:

Linking Verbs: do ______

What are the most common examples of linking verbs:

Tricky linking verbs: Give examples of them as linking and action verbs:

List the helping verbs:

What is the gerund form:

What is the part participle form:

The complete verb, including ______, might consist of ______words.

  1. Sarah ______not ______at TMP very long.

In Class Practice: Underline the complete verb in the following sentences:

Ex: Centipedes do not really have 100 legs.

  1. laughter has definitely been shown to relieve stress and to promote a healthy immune system.
  1. Bank of America was originally called Bank of Italy.
  1. Paper cannot be recycled more than six times.
  1. The air pollution in China has caused school closures and traffic problems
  1. A beautician successfully defended herself from a knife-wielding robber by throwing hot wax into his face.
  1. Jehovah’s Witnesses do not celebrate Easter, Christmas, or birthdays.
  1. Two-thirds of the world’s population has never seen snow.
  1. Nelson Mandela was not removed from the U.S. terror watch list until 2018.
  1. The majority of people can still identify 90% of their classmates thirty-five years after leaving school.
  1. One of Mr. Roger’s sweaters is often displayed at the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
  1. Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar in New Orleans is supposedly haunted by the pirate Jean Laffite.
  1. Black cats are usually considered bad luck in the U.S., but not in Japan.
  1. Drivers of government vehicles in Cuba are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
  1. Our memories are actually reconstructed and not terribly accurate.
  1. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.

Homework exercises

Underline the complete verb in the following sentences. Also mark if the verb is action (A), Linking (L), and/orHelping (H).

Example: Research has shown the negative effects of artificial sweetener in diet sodas. (H) (A)

  1. Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” from the album Random Access Memories has become a best seller in more than 30 countries.
  1. Matthew Brady, one of America’s earliest photographers, is remembered for his famous Civil War photographs.
  1. Earth is traveling through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
  1. Silly Putty was created accidentally in 1945 by workers at the General Electric Corporation.
  1. In spite of everything, our coach appears confident of victory in tonight’s game.
  1. Red blood cells are created in a person’s bone marrow at the rate of 120 million per minute.
  1. Jordan Belfort, the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street,” served 22 months in a federal prison.
  1. Natalie Portman has been published in two scientific journals.
  1. Quotation marks should be used to enclose the exact words of a speaker.
  1. Legislation was passed during World War I to make it illegal to say “gesundheit.”
  1. The poem “OCD” by Neil Hillborn, a National Poetry Slam Champion, has had more than 5 million views on YouTube.
  1. “Wild Bill” Cody presented the first Wild West Show in North Platte, Nebraska, as part of a Fourth of July celebration in 1883.
  1. Men get hiccups more often than women.
  1. Duck Dynasty receives more mentions on Facebook than any other TV series.
  1. The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was writing music at the age of five.