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Daily Grammar Lessons – Verb Lessons 1

I’ve been getting a lot of emails from people wanting daily grammar lessons. I think this is a great idea. As you may well know, here at World English Club, we think listening and speaking of a language are the best ways to learn; however, there are other aspects of the English language that can help you improve your English. That aspect being Grammar.

By learning how to be grammatically correct in writing as well as speaking, you can greatly improve your skills in speaking English. So thinking in this way, we found a wonderful website that has just about everything you need to learn about grammar. DailyGrammar.com has archived everything grammar related.

We are going to make a post using their archives once a day, so check daily! Make sure to sign up for our RSS Feed to make sure you don’t miss a posting. This will be a great way for you to supplement your English listening and speaking with learning grammar. So here is the first lesson. Good Luck!

DAILY GRAMMAR – – – – by Mr. Johanson

Lesson 1
Parts of Speech – Verbs

Verbs are the most important words in a sentence. Verbs are the first of the eight parts of speech that we will be studying. Most verbs are action words, but a few verbs indicate state of being or existence. The first lessons will be about verbs, and how they are recognized and used.

Instructions: Find the verbs in the following sentences. They are action verbs.

1. The wolf ran across the sand.





2. Sit down.



3. The dog barked at the man.





Instructions: Find the verbs in these sentences. These verbs will be state of being verbs.

4. My uncle is a pilot.




5. The pie looks good.




6. You seem upset.




Instructions: Pick out the verbs in these sentences and tell whether they are action verbs or linking verbs.

7. Suddenly someone sneezed loudly.





8. There are holes in my shirt.





9. He appears happy.




10. The image appeared in the mirror.





Sometimes a verb can be more than one word. When a verb is more than one word, it is called a verb phrase. Verb phrases can be two, three, or four words. Verb phrases are made by using auxiliary or helping verbs. What are the verb phrases in these sentences?

Instructions: What are the verb phrases in these sentences?

11. You are going to Seattle.



12. You have been resting too much.




13. We must be early.




4. I will be finished shortly.




Some of the helping verbs can be used alone as the main verb. Is, am, are, was, and were can be used alone as linking or state of being verbs. Has, have, had, do, does, and did always show action when used alone. Be, being, and been can be used with other verbs either to show action or state of being. The other helping verbs cannot be used alone but only as helping verbs.

Instructions: Find the verb or verb phrases in these sentences.

15. She has too many friends.




16. You do beautiful work.





17. I was in Canada last week.





18. You are being very stubborn.






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May 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Grammar, Spelling and Grammar

1 comment to Daily Grammar Lessons – Verb Lessons 1

  • mostefa
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    thanks for this lessons I want teash english realy.thank you also

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