Grammar Tales: A Verb for Herb

25 Pages·2004·13.877 MB·English

by  Maria Fleming

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Herb was bored.
Herb was blue.
He sighed to himself,
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“There’s nothing to do.”
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a What is a verb?
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what someone or
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shout, fly, listen, and
sleep are all action
verbs. Can you think
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Along came a fairy.
She said, “Listen, Herb.
There’s plenty to do.
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All you need is a verb.”
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Then she opened a sack,
and out some verbs flew.
“Pick one,” she said.
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“Better yet, pick a few.”
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helping verbs. They
help the main verb
describe the action:
He could run.
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Could
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The fairy was right!
Herb could do anything.
He could run. He could jump.
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There are 23 helping verbs. Ta
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another verb. Try using some r
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am are be been
being can could did
do does had has
have is may might
must shall should was
were will would
He could dance.
He could sing.
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He could swing, hit, slide,
score a home run,
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ride a bike, climb a tree,
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Wow,
you’re tiny!
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He could learn magic.
He could grow. He could shrink,
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Hey,
where
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going?
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pull rabbits from hats,
disappear in a wink.
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