Verbs in the Predicate

Verbs in the Predicate

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3rd Grade

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Verbs in the Predicate

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Predicate

The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells more.

The predicate will begin with a verb.

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2 Kinds of Verbs

action verb: words that show action

special verb: verbs that don't show action

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Action Verbs: words that show action

Examples of action verbs:

go. jump. sing. dance. ran. sat. loved. looked. raced. barked. moved. makes. build. cook. played. smiles. eats. drank. read. wrote. watched. listens. colored. draws. rolls. fell. hops. thinks. says. celebrate.

What are other action verbs you can think of?

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Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

She loved her book.

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She

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loved

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book

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Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

The kitten drank milk

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drank

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milk

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the kitten

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Multiple Choice

What's the action verb in the sentence?:

The kids rolled down the hill.

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kids

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hill

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rolled

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Special Verbs: verbs that don't show action

Example of special verbs:

am, is, are

was, were,

being, been, be

have, has, had,

do, does, did,

shall, should, will, would,

may, might, must,

can, could

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Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

The sky is blue.

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is

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blue

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sky

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Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

He was tired.

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he

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was

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tired

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Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

They were awesome.

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awesome

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they

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were

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Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

I am excited.

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I

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excited

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am

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Multiple Choice

What's the special verb in the sentence?

Robert does his homework.

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does

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Robert

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his homework

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Sometimes, the predicate can have BOTH a special verb and an action verb.

Examples:

Allen can dance.

John might go tomorrow.

They should write the instructions.

Mia and I were baking cookies.

He was drawing a sunset.

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Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

She can go to the party.

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can

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go

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can go

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party

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Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

The boys played outside.

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played outside

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played

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outside

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Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

Cheryl read a book.

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book

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read a book

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read

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Multiple Choice

What's the verb in the sentence?

Ricky was eating a burger.

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was

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eating

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was eating

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burger

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Multiple Choice

True or False:

The predicate could have a special verb, action verb, or both!

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

True or False:

Awesome, beautiful, tired, and blue are examples of verbs.

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True! They are action words.

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False! They are describing words.

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