Verbs

Verbs
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Kampong Thom Provincial TrainingCenter
Subject:BasicGrammar

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
• Define the term verb
• Identify verbs in sentence
• Identify the different types of verbs
• Select single verbs that agree with single subjects and
plural verbs that agree with plural subjects.
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Verbs

Verbs
Definition និយមន័យ
Verbs: Definition

 What is a verb?
• A verb is one of the most important parts of the
sentence.
• It tells the subjects actions, events, or state of
being.
• It is always found in the predicate of a
sentence.
Verbs: Definition

A verb is a word used to express an action,
a condition, or a state of being.
• The director squished his nose.
• His noise is big.
• The director is squishing his nose.
Verbs: Definition

Verbs: Types of Verbs
Verbs
Action Linking
Helping
(Auxiliary)
There are 3 types of verbs:

• A verb that shows action is called an action verb.
• The action verb tells what its subject does.
• The action can either by physical or mental.
Physical Action: The farmer feeds the chickens.
Mental Action: He likes the red rooster best.
Verbs: ActionVerbs

Can you find the action verb in each sentence?
1. The girls danced in the recital.
2. Our mailman drove a funny car last week.
3. His teacher wrote the answers on the board.
4. Alice worked on her homework last night.
Verbs: ActionVerbs (Continue)

• A linking verb links its subject to a word in the
predicate.
• Linking verbs express a condition or a state of
being.
• Common linking verbs:
to be to become to seem to look
Ex. Mark is a football player.
Verbs: Linking Verbs
subject noun

• Helping Verb – helps the main verb express
tense and voice.
• Helping verbs need an action verb with them.
• The combination of one or more helping verbs
is called a verb phrase.
Ex. Susie will go to the store.
Verbs: Helping Verbs
helping verb
main verb

• Here are common helping verbs:
Ex. I may decide to apply for that position.
We must make the decision this week.
Verbs: Helping Verbs (Continue)
was
were
can
could
am
is
are
be
being
been
have
has
had
do
does
did
shall
should
may
might
must
will
would

• Some helping verbs can function as main verbs
and are used alone in such cases.
Ex. I do not know her.
I do this homework by myself.
I haven’t known her, but I have a lot of friends.
Verbs: Helping Verbs (Continue)
main verbhelping verb
main verb
main verbmain verbhelping verb

Find the verb in each sentence.
1. Hopefully, it will snow this year.
2. The student asked his teacher a question.
3. Jackson is very energetic.
4. Students in the class were really loud.
5. I am confused about algebra.
6. The girl sang in the competition.
7. Always do your best.
8. The earth revolves around the sun.
Verbs: Let’s practice

Subject-Verb
Agreement
Verbs:

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• When you use a verb, you have to say who or what is
doing the action. This ‘who or what’ is the subject of the
verb. The subject and the verb match each other. You say
that the subject and the verb agree when they match each
other.
• Use a singular verb if the subject is a singular noun. For
example, the subjects ‘my dad’ or ‘our school’, or any of
the pronouns ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’, require a singular verb.
Most singular verbs end in ‘s’. Look at the subjects and
their verbs in these examples. The subjects are in bold
and the verbs are in color
Verbs: Subject-Verb agreement

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Example:
He always drinks milk when he’s hot.
She eats bananas for breakfast.
Mom walks to work everyday.
My sister dances like a professional dancer.
Our cat climbs the trees in our garden.
This form of the verb is called the third person singular.
You use it when the subject of the verb is not you or the
person you are speaking to, but some other person — a
third person — or a thing.

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• The third person singular form of some verbs is made by
adding ‘es’ at the end. Some examples are verbs that end in
‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘zz’ and ‘o’.
• Here are some sentences with verbs in their third person
singular form. The subjects are in bold and the verbs are in
color.
She always brushes her teeth at bedtime.
My brother watches TV after school.
Kim catches the ball with one hand.
The bee buzzes around the flowers.
Dad mixes flour and water when he makes bread.

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• How do you make the third person singular form of most verbs
that end in ‘y’?
• Usually, you just change the ‘y’ to an ‘i' and then add ‘es’.
carry  carries hurry  hurries copy  copies
cry  cries fly  flies worry  worries
study  studies marry  marries try  tries
A cat carries its kitten with its mouth.
Mr. Chen hurries to work every morning.
The baby cries a lot at night.

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• Some verbs that end in ‘y’ have a vowel before the ‘y’. Just
add an ‘s’ at the end of these words to make the third person
singular form.
buy  buys say  says pray  prays
pay  pays annoy  annoys stay  stays
Mom buys bread at the supermarket.
Mr. Carter pays all his bills with a credit card.
My friend says he has a salt-water aquarium.
She annoys me with her silly jokes.
Anna stays with her aunt on weekends.

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• If the subject of a verb is a plural noun, such as “Mom and
Dad” or “our teachers”, use a plural verbs. Do not add ‘s’, ‘es’
or ‘ies’ to plural verbs. Plural verbs are also used with the
pronouns, ‘I’, ‘we’, ‘you’ and ‘they’.
Mom and Dad love us.
My sisters listen to music a lot.
The stars shine brightly on a clear night.
Some people drink tea.
I like juicy hamburgers.

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