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linking verbs

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English

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3rd Grade

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Easy

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CCSS
L.3.1A, L.1.2B, L.2.1F

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6 Slides • 11 Questions

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Linking verbs

Grammar Book p. 76

7/2/2021

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Objectives

1. Identify linking verbs

2. Identify verb (be)in the past and present

3. produce their own examples

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what is linking verb?

what is action verb?

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 An action verb tells what the subject does.


• A linking verb does not show action.

It connects the subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate.

It tells what the subject is or is like.



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verb (be)

• The verb be is the most common linking verb.

It has special forms in the present tense: am, is, are.


It has special forms in the past tense: was, were

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Multiple Choice

ACTION VERBS....

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show action

2

show word relationships

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Multiple Choice

Linking verbs.....

1

connect between different sentences

2

connect the subject with the predicate

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Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb.


Caleb was being loud during reading time

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Caleb

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was

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loud

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Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb.


Brynna is excited about going for ice cream

1

is

2

excited

3

for

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Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb.


Zak and Belly were very loud on the bus

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were

2

very

3

on

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Open Ended

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L00k around you and try to use verb (be) forms in a sentence from your own

You can use any of these (am , is , are, was, were)

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Open Ended

What will happen if I

cancel /is/ and replaced it with (was)


She is happy because she find her lost bag.

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Open Ended

What will happen if I.....

Replace the subject /Emilee / with another subject /they/


Emilee is excited to watch the new movie

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punctuations

• A statement and command sentence end with a period.


• A question ends with a question mark.


• An exclamation and an exclamatory sentence end with an exclamation point.

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Multiple Choice

I have a new BMW car

This sentence should ended with

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( . )

2

( ? )

3

( ! )

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Multiple Choice

This is a splendid day

This sentence should ended with

1

( ! )

2

( ? )

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Multiple Choice

What are you doing

This sentence should ended with

1

!

2

?

3

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Linking verbs

Grammar Book p. 76

7/2/2021

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