Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support y our answers.
Some verbs can be used as action verbs or linking verbs.
Example: Steven felt happy. LINKING The doctor felt my pulse. ACTION To see if a verb is a linking verb or an action verb, substitute am, is or are for the verb. If the sentence still makes sense and if the new verb links a word before it to a word after it, then the original verb is a linking verb. Write the following sentences, circle the verb, identify the verb as LV: linking verb or AV action verb. Rewrite in cursive and ink. 1. My aunt in Iowa grows wheat and corn. 2. Just home from the hospital, my sister looked pale. 3. The ghost supposedly appears every night at twelve. 4. The guests stayed at the cottages near the lake. 5. For some reason he remains angry and depressed. 6. The apple and peach pies look absolutely delicious. Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
Forms of BE as Linking Verbs Continued In addition to "be" verbs, a number of other verbs can be used as linking verbs. appear feel look seem sound taste become grow remain smell stay turn These verbs often set up the same relationship between words as the linking verb "be" does. The words after the verbs identify or describe the words that come before the verbs. example: Shelia became a dentist. Everything smells damp and musty. He looks very old. The following sentences in pencil and underline the linking verb. Draw double ended arrows to the words that are linked by the verb. Mark your edits in pen. You do not have to rewrite these sentences. 1. The plant grew sturdy in the hothouse. 2. Gold coins seem a better investment. 3. Although far apart the sisters remained good friends. 4. The new chorus sounds even better than the old. 5. Sometimes Brett feels weak and tired. 6. The plant turns brown in fall. 7. The roast goose looks sensational. IN CURSIVE AND INK, write (4) sentences using the words: smell, turn, sound, grow LINKING VERBS
A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun at or near the sentence beginning of a sentence with a word at or near the end of the sentence. Example: The winners of the race were Hazel and Gretchen. She looks old. He is an archeologist. The linking verbs is, were, and looks act almost as equal signs between the words they link. Forms of BE The verb ,"be," is the most commonly used linking verb in English. am can be have been are could be has been is may be had been was might be could have been were must be may have been am being shall be might have been are being should be must have been is being will be shall have been was being would be will have been were being would have been copy each sentence into your journal. underline the form of be in each. then draw a double headed arrow connecting the words that are linked by the verb. **Remember to write in pencil and edit in pen. Rewrite for penmanship in ink. 1. Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of great imagination. 2. The National League has been victorious in most recent All Star games. 3. Edgar Allan Poe was for a short time a cadet at West Point. 4. The writer of supernatural tales might have been a strange general. 5. Americans were fearful and excited about Haley's Comet's visit in 1910. Transitive Verbs
An action verb is transitive if the receiver of the action is named in the sentence----the object. Example: Harold opened the jar of peanut butter with great difficulty. Jar receives the action and tells what was opened. Intransitive Verbs A sentence with an intransitive verb will not have an object. Example: My brother laughed. The car raced through the traffic light. In your journal write each sentence (pencil-print) and underline the transitive verb, circle its object and draw an arrow from the verb to the object. (you do not need to rewrite.) 1. Lightning struck the old building downtown. 2. The airplane reached the terminal two hours late. 3. According to legend, Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address while on his way to Pennsylvania. Identify only the intransitive verb. (you do not have to write the sentences,) 1. My brother laughed for an hour at the joke. 2. We talked for hours after dinner. 3. The spider hovered near the edge of the window. In cursive and in ink, use each verb to write two sentences of your own, once as a transitive verb and once as an intransitive verb. Label your sentences as transitive or intransitive and underline the verbs. Example: read He read the novel in a week. transitive After lunch, he read until dinner. intransitive 1-2 grow 3-4 play 5-6 jump 7-8 swim 9-10 shout She was standing there, alone, waiting, and looking as if she was saying a silent prayer. The rain fell upon her face blending away the tears. She...
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An action verbs tells what action a person or thing is performing. There are VISIBLE action verbs which are can be seen such as: flying, swimming, dancing, etc. There are also Mental Action verbs which can be seen with difficulty or if at all such as: wonder, remember, dream, consider, decide, etc. In the following sentences underline the action verb and circle the subject nouns. At the end of the sentence identify the verb as visible or mental. 1. The Concorde flies quickly across the Atlantic ocean. 2. The mother worried about her son as he left for college. 3. He remembers the events from WWII. 4. The receiver caught the ball. 5. She believed in justice and freedom for all. 6. Weeds sprouted all over the front lawn. This DLS is Study Guide for tomorrow's quiz. You have already completed all the exercises for these and should know the answers and be able to provide examples. This has been taken from your previous DLS notes and you may use them as guide to complete this DLS. Tomorrow's quiz will be the last one containing the personal pronoun chart. KNOW IT WELL.
Study Guide Activity Value 100pts Header -(6pt): Date, Theme: BA: DLS#, Write sentences/questions. 1. (2pts) Define a Noun: 2. (6pts) Label & Identify 3 examples each for: abstract and concrete nouns 3. (6pts)Label & Identify 3 examples each for: collective and compound nouns 4.(6pts) Label & Identify 3 examples each for: common and proper nouns 5. (2pts)What is an antecedent? (restate question in your response) 6. Personal Pronouns: (2pts)(A) What are personal pronouns?(26pts) (B) create and fill in the table of personal pronouns. 7. [A](2pts)What is a demonstrative pronoun? [B](4pts)Label and list the Singular & Plural. [C](4pts)Which two demonstrative pronouns are for items near and which two are for items far away? 8. (12 pts) Write 2 sentences that contain at least two pronouns and its antecedent(s). Underline the pronouns, circle the antecedent, and draw an arrow from the pronoun to its antecedent. 9. (A)(4pts) What is the difference between relative pronouns and interrogative pronouns? Use your definitions and clearly define both. (B)(5pts) Label and List the relative pronouns. (5pts) Label and List the Interrogative pronouns. 10. (2pts)What is an Indefinite Pronoun? (4pts)Write a two sentences using indefinite pronouns. (2pts)Underline the Indefinite pronouns. Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns do not always have an antecedent. Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places or things often without specifying which ones. Singular Plural Singular or Plural another much both all anybody neither few any anything nobody many more any one no one others most each nothing several none either one some everybody other everyone somebody everything someone little something In your journal write the sentences below and underline the indefinite pronoun(s). 1. Little is known about the who built Stonehenge. 2 No one knew why some of the pages had been torn from his diary. 3. Few of the classmates knew anything about Susan B. Anthony. 4. The coach asked all of the girls to thoroughly prepare for the match. 5. Did someone remember to turn off all of the lights? In cursive and in ink write 5 sentences using indefinite pronouns. Circle the indefinite pronoun used. At least one indefinite pronoun per sentence, but you may use more. |
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