Writer's Choice Grade 6

Unit 10: Verbs

Overview

R. Buckminster Fuller was a creative architect who figured out how to make large domed roofs. One of his books was titled I Seem to Be a Verb. Fuller didn't think of himself as a noun or a thing. He thought of himself as a verb, as someone who was doing or being.

There are two basic types of verbs: action verbs and linking verbs. An action verb names an action. A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with words that describe the subject.

Like nouns, verbs change their forms. A verb's tense shows when an action takes place. If your homework is done, you say, "I finished it." If you've put off doing your homework, you say, "I will finish it tomorrow." The past tense of most verbs is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb. However, some verbs do not follow this rule. They are called irregular verbs.

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