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Verbs<br />
A verb is a word which shows actions, or st<strong>at</strong>es of ‘being’ or ‘having’.<br />
1. Read the story below then highlight all the verbs.<br />
The ghostly image crept closer and closer through the foggy night. Its shadowy limbs flo<strong>at</strong>ed around the<br />
murky corpse like seaweed carried by oceans currents.<br />
The drumbe<strong>at</strong>s in my skull increased with each step as it approached. The flutter of butterflies in my<br />
stomach became a herd of elephants. My shaky knees tied me to one spot like a child playing a game<br />
of st<strong>at</strong>ues.<br />
Why had I taken a shortcut across the moors? No m<strong>at</strong>ter how l<strong>at</strong>e I was, I should have remembered the<br />
whispers. I wonder if my headstone will read, ‘He acted without thought and learnt a harsh lesson.’<br />
2. Complete the answers.<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
How many verbs did you find?<br />
Write four verbs which are single words.<br />
Write two verbs which consist of two words.<br />
Write one verb which consists of three words.<br />
Write the auxiliary verbs (helping words) which form part of each verb.<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
taken<br />
read<br />
(iii) should remembered<br />
3. Write verbs to complete the sentences.<br />
(a) I so scared th<strong>at</strong> my bre<strong>at</strong>h out into the night air<br />
like steam.<br />
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(b) Before I to bed, I to some creepy tales about<br />
spectres and lost sailors.<br />
(c) My thoughts on ghosts and graves, instead of the test I was<br />
.<br />
(d) The sailor’s wife for him for many years and always<br />
th<strong>at</strong> he would<br />
<strong>home</strong>.<br />
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