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English Language Arts, Grade 2

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VERBS What is a Verb? A verb is a word that shows action or state of being. • An action is anything you can do. You can run, jump, eat, sleep, have, hug, and do many other actions. • A verb that shows state of being is any form of be: is, are, was, were, am. • Verbs are found in the predicate, the doing part, of every sentence. Action verbs have present tense, past tense, and future tense. Their endings change because they must agree with the subject. Examples of verb tenses: Present tense Past tense Future tense do or does did or done will do or will be doing jump or jumps jumped will jump or will be jumping play or plays played will play or will be playing run or runs ran will run or will be running hop or hops hopped will hop or will be hopping hope or hopes hoped will hope or will be hoping say or says said will say or will be saying sleep or sleeps slept will sleep or will be sleeping go or goes went will go or will be going © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.

State of being verbs agree in number with the subject. Singular Plural I am. I was. We are. He is. We were. He was. They are. She is. They were. She was. It is. It was. You are. You were. Sometimes a verb needs a helper verb. Some helping verbs are: has, had, have Examples: I go to the store. I have gone there many times. Mom drives her car. She has driven it for 20 years. Try this! Put a verb in each sentence. 1. I _________ a toy car. 2. He _________ some money. 3. She _________ on the sidewalk. 4. Do you _________ a coat? © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.