{"id":44,"date":"2022-05-20T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-verbs\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T21:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:09:02","slug":"introduction-to-verbs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-verbs\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Verbs","rendered":"Introduction to Verbs"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>Identify Verb Types and Their Correct Conjugation<\/h2>\nFrom&nbsp;2002 to 2006, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ran a media campaign entitled&nbsp;\"Verb: It's What You Do.\" This campaign was designed to help teens get and stay active, but it also provided a helpful soundbite for defining verbs: \"It's what you do.\"\n\nVerbs are often called the \"action\" words of language. As we discuss verbs, we will learn that this isn't always the case, but it is a helpful phrase to remember just what verbs are.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/453\/2016\/08\/08174953\/bouncing-159517_960_720-e1466194823528.png\" alt=\"a little girl sitting on a ball as it bounces across the floor\" width=\"960\" height=\"223\">\n\nTraditionally, verbs are divided into three&nbsp;groups: active verbs (these are \"action\" words), linking verbs, and helping&nbsp;verbs (these two types of verbs are <em>not<\/em> \"action\" words). In this outcome, we'll discuss all&nbsp;three of these groups. 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As we discuss verbs, we will learn that this isn&#8217;t always the case, but it is a helpful phrase to remember just what verbs are.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/453\/2016\/08\/08174953\/bouncing-159517_960_720-e1466194823528.png\" alt=\"a little girl sitting on a ball as it bounces across the floor\" width=\"960\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, verbs are divided into three&nbsp;groups: active verbs (these are &#8220;action&#8221; words), linking verbs, and helping&nbsp;verbs (these two types of verbs are <em>not<\/em> &#8220;action&#8221; words). In this outcome, we&#8217;ll discuss all&nbsp;three of these groups. We&#8217;ll also learn how&nbsp;verbs work and how they change to suit the needs of a speaker or writer.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-44\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Outcome: Verbs. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Bouncing Girl. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: OpenClipartVectors. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/bouncing-jump-child-girl-159517\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/bouncing-jump-child-girl-159517\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":503070,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Outcome: Verbs\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Bouncing Girl\",\"author\":\"OpenClipartVectors\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/bouncing-jump-child-girl-159517\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-44","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":27,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/27"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}