SUBJECT: English LEVEL:Grade 5 TOPIC: Verb

1. Expresses an action or state of
being.

2. THREE TYPES
OF VERBS

3. 1. Linking Verb
►Expresses a state of being. It
usually links the subject and
predicate in the sentence

4. Examples:
am
is
are
was
were
will be
shall be
has
have
has been
appear
become
seem
remain
have been

5. Examples:
• We are happy to see you again.
• Glenda is a very kind person.
• Joeven feels sick right now.

6. Examples:
• Other samples

7. 2. Action Verb
►It expresses an action. It is
also called “doing verb”.

8. Examples:
eat
walk
run
write
sleep
play
watch
see
hide
cook
talk
speak
sit
study
hold
jump
slide
dance
sing
read

9. Examples:
• Edison dances very gracefully.
• Paula speaks French fluently.
• Krizelle cooks pasta quite well.

10. 3. Verb phrases
►Consist of a helping verb and the
main verb.
►It maybe composed of more than
one word.

11. Examples:
am
is
are
was
were
+ -ing form or participle
form of verb
• Malou is reading a magazine now.
• The garbage was collected early.
• The bats are flying to the cave.

12. Examples:
can
may
will
might
must
+ base form of verb
• Raymond can play acoustic guitar very
well.
• We will go to our ancestral home in
Mindoro soon.
• You might catch a cold if you play under
the rain.

13. Examples:
has
have
had
+ past participle of
the verb
• Laurice has written the excuse letter for
her absence.
• Santino and Jaime have attended basket
ball training camps before.
• The new priest had said the opening
prayers when I arrived.