Revisiting Verbs and Introducing Objects

Hi folks, remember when we talked about action verbs and linking verbs (and even helping verbs)?  Well, we are going to build off that discussion tomorrow!  Today we are going to learn about objects!  Below are the notes that you will need.

Action Verbs – These are things that you do.   They can have Indirect Objects and Direct Objects.  Remember the almighty pattern: SVID

Direct Objects = ask “Who?” or “What?” after an action verb.  They are always afterthe action verb.  They are always nouns or pronouns.

Indirect Objects = ask “To whom?” “For whom?”  or “For what?” “To What?” If you have an indirect object, there always needs to be an action verb and a direct object. REMEMBER SVID!

Linking Verbs – These link the subject to a word that describes (Predicate Adjective, which is an adjective) or renames (Predicate Nominative, which is a noun) the subject.

We have some exercises to do in class, and then we will take it one step further for homework.

Homework:  We are flipping again!  I'm going to be teaching you another lesson by video.  In the video, I will ask you to do do two simple tasks.  Bring those tasks into class the following day!