Be, a Helper, Link Verbs – Tricky Trick Download for Students!

 

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day 61: infinitives part i of ii

Earlier I said that we teach two main categories of verbs—action and Be a Helper, Link verbs (BHL verbs).
There is another “category” of verbs that you should learn, however. That is the group of verbs (also used as other parts of speech) known as the infinitive.
We teach infinitives as verbs (and early on) for a couple of reasons:
  1. While they might act like other parts of speech (i.e. modifying, being the sentence’s main subject, etc.) at times, more often than not, they act like verbs.
    1. They can describe what a subject is doing: The girl decided to write the letter.
    2. They can have BHL verbs with them: She had to take her medicine.
    3. They can have adverbs with them (when they are comprised of action verbs): She wanted to write beautifully.
    4. They can have direct objects with them (when they are comprised of action verbs): The girl wanted to eat chocolates.
    5. They can have predicate adjectives with them (when they are comprised of BHL verbs): She wanted to be careful.
They can have predicate nominatives with them (when they are comprised of BHL verbs): She wanted to be an actress.
Tomorrow—more on infinitives.

day 56: action verb pop quiz answer key

Find the action verbs (those that are infinitives—to plus a verb and those that are action verbs without to. Remember—a sentence can have many action verbs throughout it.
  1. Joshua and Jonathan drove to the church early, opened the doors, and began shooting hoops.
  2. Ray went to work early since he wanted to be home in time to go to basketball practice with Jacob that evening.
  3. Since the regular coach attended a meeting that day, Josiah coached the kids with enthusiasm.
  4. Kayla went to work right away, meeting people and helping where ever she was needed.
  5. Donna loved to write, edit, and teach.
  6. Kids tend to laugh loudly, play rough, and jump around when the weather starts dumping rain too many days in a row.
  7. She was going to cook the meal, clean the dining room, and pay bills, but her novel was calling her name.
  8. They did not want to be late arriving since they were about to perform a very important piece.

day 55: action verb pop quiz!

Are you ready to see how good you are at finding action verbs? Time for another pop quiz!
Find the action verbs (those that are infinitives—to plus a verb and those that are action verbs without to. Remember—a sentence can have many action verbs throughout it.
  1. Joshua and Jonathan drove to the church early, opened the doors, and began shooting hoops.
  2. Ray went to work early since he wanted to be home in time to go to basketball practice with Jacob that evening.
  3. Since the regular coach attended a meeting that day, Josiah coached the kids with enthusiasm.
  4. Kayla went to work right away, meeting people and helping where ever she was needed.
  5. Donna loved to write, edit, and teach.
  6. Kids tend to laugh loudly, play rough, and jump around when the weather starts dumping rain too many days in a row.
  7. She was going to cook the meal, clean the dining room, and pay bills, but her novel was calling her name.
  8. They did not want to be late arriving since they were about to perform a very important piece.

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