English Grammar for Kids | Sentences, Parts of Speech & More

how fun. soccer game. Soccer is such an incredible sport to play. But what if instead of regular soccer ball, you played with watermelon? That would get messy and it would break the rules of the game. Just like sports have rules, words have rules, too. The word for those rules is grammar. Grammar. Grammar is the set of rules we follow when we use words. That's what we're learning in this video. Isn't that cool, Charles? We're learning the rules. Charles, Charles, don't show us red card. What? guess broke one of his rules. Maybe you didn't want to be in the video. Well, anyway, first let's learn about the types of sentences. The types of sentences. square has four sides. There are four cardinal directions, north, south, east, and west. There are four seasons in year. But did you know that there are four types of sentences? That's right. And you are about to learn all four of them. Later in this video, we are going to quiz you and ask how many types of sentences there are. So remember, there are four types of sentences. And once you learn them, you'll know how to identify any sentence. and people will be like, "Whoa, how did you do that?" But first, we want to pay visit to our friend Terrence. Terrence is writing note that he would like everyone to see so we can really learn these four types of sentences. Let's see what Terrence wrote. Are carrots the best snack around? think they are. Carrots are very crunchy and tasty. Remember to eat carrots every day. What great note from Terrence. You might have noticed there are four sentences here. These sentences represent each of the four types of sentences. Let's take his first sentence. Are carrots the best snack around? This type of sentence is called an interrogative sentence. Interrogative is big word. Interrogative. Can you say that with us? Interrogative Interrogative sentences ask question. They end with question mark. Interrogative sentences ask question. You know, song could help us remember that. wow. We're doing this right now, Okay, let's go ahead and do little song. Interrogative. It's question. Interrogative. Interrogative. It's question. Interrogative. Interrogative. It's question. Interrogative. Interrogative. It's question. Interrogative. Here are some interrogative sentences. Where are you going? Will it rain tomorrow? What type of sentence will we learn next? These are all interrogative sentences. All right. So, interrogative sentences ask question. Let's look at the next sentence that Terrence wrote. We know the first sentence is an interrogative sentence because it asks question. But what about this second sentence? The second sentence says, think they are. Notice the exclamation point. What type of sentence is this? Well, it is an exclamatory sentence. An exclamatory sentence. Exclamatory sentences make statement with emotion and they always end with an exclamation point just like this sentence on the screen does. It is an exclamatory sentence because it is being shared with great excitement. Exclamatory sentences can show surprise, happiness, excitement, or even anger. big clue is the exclamation point. Only one other type of sentence can have an exclamation point, type of sentence we'll learn later in the video. But if sentence has an exclamation point, it is usually an exclamatory sentence. Here are some exclamatory sentences. You came to my party. hope can go to the park today. can't believe our team lost the game. These are exclamatory sentences. They make statement with emotion. Okay. So, the first type of sentence was interrogative. Interrogative sentences ask question. The second type of sentence was exclamatory. Exclamatory sentences make statement with emotion. Exclamatory sentences can share all kinds of emotion, not just happy emotions. We use exclamatory sentences lot in our videos because we are so excited. The third type of sentence is called declarative. Declarative. declarative sentence is just like an exclamatory sentence except it doesn't have the emotion. declarative sentence makes statement. That's it. It's interesting. Declarative sentences are the most common type of sentence. That's pretty cool. That might be worth sharing with someone, you know, telling friend. They might want to know. The declarative sentence from Terrence read, "Carrots are very crunchy and tasty." You can tell that it is declarative sentence because it is making statement without emotion. it ends with period instead of ending with an exclamation point. If sentence ends with period, there is big chance it is declarative sentence. Here are more declarative sentences. The house is red. That's definitely declarative. We read every afternoon. And finally, have two dogs and one cat. These are all declarative sentences. They make statement without emotion. They end with period instead of ending with an exclamation point like exclamatory sentences do. Okay, it's quiz time. How many types of sentences are there? How many? Yes, there are four types of sentences. Great job. That means there is only one more type of sentence to learn. They are called imperative sentences. Imperative sentences. Imperative sentences give command. In other words, they tell someone to do something. Bob is telling me what he would like me to do. He is using imperative sentences as he gives me directions. Terrence wrote this imperative sentence. Remember to eat carrots every day. It's an imperative sentence because it is giving command. It's telling us what to do. This imperative sentence is telling us to remember. Here are some things Bob told me to do. These are imperative sentences because they are giving command. He said, "Order more pencils. Make signup sheet for our next party." And please feed my goldfish. Sometimes imperative sentences end with period. Other times they end with an exclamation point. But if the sentence is giving command telling someone what to do, the sentence is always imperative, even if it looks like it might be declarative or exclamatory. Okay, let's go over the four types of sentences just one more time. The first is interrogative. Interrogative sentences ask question. Then we have exclamatory. Exclamatory sentences make statement with emotion. Next we have declarative sentences. Declarative sentences make statement. And finally we have imperative sentences. Imperative sentences give command. Thanks for learning about sentences with us. Now you know the four types of sentences and that's pretty cool. Awesome job. Wow. Now that you know the types of sentences, let's talk about two mistakes we can make when we're writing them. Okay. The first one is called sentence fragment. sentence fragment. We're going to find out what that means. the beach is so wonderful, isn't it? Don't you just love the beach? I'm standing here with my shopping cart and there's one word that comes to mind when I'm standing here looking at the sun setting. This is complete. What else could you want? You're standing on beach. Don't make fun of the shopping cart and might find something on the beach. Okay, you don't bring shopping cart to the beach. That's weird. Okay, I've got shopping cart. feel complete. This is complete to me. This makes me feel happy. You know, sentences can be like that, too. You see, sentences like to be complete. They love to be complete. sentence always has subject and verb. sentence wants to be complete because without subject and verb, it's not sentence anymore. In fact, it's something else. It's sentence fragment. But let me not get too far ahead of myself. Always remember, sentence has to have subject and verb. Kind of like every cool birthday party has to have baby and chsky. mean mean the baby chsky. haven't forgotten about the hat. haven't forgotten about the hat yet. So you can come to my party, but it's still it's still raw. Still still hurts. Still hurts. All right, let's get back again. So, sentence always has subject and verb. That means sentence is group of words that has subject and verb. It needs to have both. Otherwise, it's not sentence. sentence is group of words that has subject and verb. Like this. The dog plays catch. Does it have subject and verb? Yeah. The subject is the word dog. And the verb is which word? Which word is the verb? Yeah. Plays. This is sentence. It has subject and verb, which means it's expressing complete thought. This is complete. There's subject. There's verb. We know what's going on. And there's no way this dog is catching this ball. Or maybe this dog will catch the ball. Who knows? Let us know in the comments which one you think will happen. You think he's going to catch it, or do you think it's going to fall to the ground? Who knows? But this is sentence. This is complete. It has subject and verb. It's sentence. Or look at this one. The pig swims with friend. The pig swims with friend. Is there subject? And is there verb as well? Well, yeah. The subject is pig. The pig. But is there verb? Which word is the verb? Yeah. Swims. So, this has subject and verb. This is sentence. mean, it's got subject and it's got verb and it's expressing complete thought. It's not missing anything. It's complete. It's got the subject. It's got the verb. It is sentence. So, what happens if group of words is missing subject or verb? Well, then it's kind of like me on the beach without my shopping cart. You know, it's it's missing something. sentence fragment is group of words that is missing subject or verb. That's what it's called is sentence fragment when it's missing something. When it's just part of sentence, it's missing something. It's not complete sentence. It's sentence fragment. Kind of like being on the beach without my cards. sentence fragment is incomplete. It's missing something. We're going to show you some sentence fragments so you can see that they're incomplete. They're missing something. They're missing either subject or verb. All right, I'm ready to look at them. Sentence fragments are groups of words that are missing something. Like this. The book under the table. What? The book under the table. Where's the verb? There's no verb. It has subject, the book, but there's no verb. It doesn't tell us what's going on with the book. What about the book under the table? There's so many unanswered questions. This is not complete thought. The book under the table is sentence fragment. Or how about this one? Ran to school. Ran to school. It doesn't have subject. Who ran to school? We have so many questions about this. This is not complete thought. It doesn't tell us who it's talking about. Every sentence has to have subject and verb. This has the verb ran, but it doesn't have subject. Ran to school is not complete sentence. It's sentence fragment. Look at this one. The old car on the road. Wait second. This doesn't have verb. the old car on the road. It's missing something, isn't it? It's sentence fragment. It's not telling us what the old car on the road is doing. It's just saying the old car on the road. Well, what about it? What about it? What is the old car on the road doing? This is sentence fragment. It's group of words that's missing something. And our final sentence fragment is Mr. Whiskers on Thursday. Wait second. What? Mr. Whiskers, what did you do on Thursday? It's sentence fragment. don't know. don't What did you do, Mr. Whiskers? You don't speak English, do you? have no idea what you did on Thursday. hate sentence fragments because they don't give you all the information. There's no verb. don't know what Mr. Whiskers did on Thursday. That's not complete sentence. You got to have subject and verb. Mr. Wish, cash blush, hope you're safe. You know, go to the beach with my shopping cart on Thursdays and everything. To review, sentence fragment is group of words that is missing subject or verb. Now, sentence always has subject and verb. sentence fragment though is missing either subject or verb. sentence fragment is missing something. Wow. sentence fragment is not complete sentence. That's mistake we can make if we're not careful. But what if sentence has the opposite problem? What if it tries to squeeze in too much with more than one thought, too many subjects, and too many verbs? That's another mistake and it's called runon sentence. runon sentence. Let's learn about that next. Are they really sneaky? Yeah, they are. run-on sentence is group of words that has two sentences inside. There's more in run-on sentence than there should be. Two sentences inside of one. It's like run-on sentence is greedy. It's sneaky. It's greedy. my goodness. these run-on sentences. The truth is run-on sentences have to be split up. It's not fair for there to be sentence that has multiple sentences inside of just one. You have to break them up. And we're going to show you how to do that. Run on sentences. We're on to your game. You think you're getting away with this? We're about to teach all the kids how to spot you, how to find you, and how to fix you. So, look out. Run on. Look out. Run on. Run. Sentences. group of words with two sentences instead of one. Look at this one. Charlie knocked on the door. Billy opened it. Wait second. This is sharing two thoughts and there's multiple subjects, multiple verbs. You know, like somebody broke the rules here. Somebody broke. We've got to split this run-on sentence up. Have two sentences inside. We got to break this run-on sentence up. Well, where would we do that? Where should the sentence have ended? Yeah, after the word door. The sentence should have ended after the word door. We need to split up this run-on sentence right at this spot. We fixed it. So, here are our two new sentences. Charlie knocked on the door. Billy opened it. Notice each sentence begins with capital letter and ends with period. Look at this runon. Rover ate the food. He likes chicken. Wait second. That's That's giving two complete thoughts. There are two sentences in this thing. All right, we got to fix this. Where do we need to split up this run-on sentence? Do you know where? Go ahead and say it. Yeah, right after the word food. We need to split up this run-on sentence right at this spot. We fixed it. So, here are our two new sentences. Rover ate the food. He likes chicken. Notice each sentence begins with capital letter and ends with period. Here's our final runon. need your help. This homework is hard. Wait, this is expressing two complete thoughts. Definitely is runon sentence, isn't it? Where do we need to split up this run-on sentence? Go ahead and say it. Where do you think we need to split up this run-on sentence to make it right? Yeah, right after the word help. need your help. That's complete thought. And this homework is hard. That's complete thought, too. That's where we need to split up this run-on sentence. We fixed it. So, here are two new sentences. need your help. This homework is hard. Notice each sentence begins with capital letter and ends with period. Remember, run-on sentence is group of words that has two sentences inside. How sneaky is that? And runon sentences have to be split up. They can't stay the way they are. They can't just be allowed to have multiple sentences inside. They need to be split up. And just remember that each sentence needs to start with capital letter and end with period. So when you split it up, make sure you capitalize the first letter of the sentence and that you add period. What do you think, Charles? Char. Uh-oh. Here's the red card again. All right. All right. We've learned about the types of sentences and two mistakes that can be made when we make them. Now, we're going to learn about different types of words. That's an exciting part of grammar, too. Let's explore common and proper nouns first. But before we learn that, we have to know what is noun. Well, noun is word that is person, place, or thing. In other words, if word is person, place, or thing, it is noun. You may not realize this, but there are two types of nouns. There are common nouns and there are proper nouns. And what's exciting is by the end of this video, you're going to know the difference and you're going to be able to spot them and figure out which kind of noun noun is. So, first, common nouns. Well, common nouns name type of person, place, or thing. So, what about proper nouns? Well, proper nouns name specific person, place, or thing. So, common noun names type of person, place, or thing. And proper nouns name specific person, place, or thing. Now, let's show you with some examples. Here's our first example. we love these. What's the common noun for this? Yeah. dog. This is dog. Dog is the common noun. Now, let's say this dog's name is Pho. Pho is the proper noun for this dog because that's the specific name of this dog is pho. Dog is the type of thing that this is. So, it's the common noun. The common noun is dog. The proper noun for this is phto. Here's another example. Here is girl. girl. And girl would be the common noun because common noun is type of person, place, or thing. But this girl's name is Rachel. Rachel would be the proper noun because it's specific person, place, or thing. So, the common noun is girl. The proper noun is Rachel. Here's another one. Here we have picture of park. Park would be the common noun. It's the type of person, place, or thing. Now, let's say this park is called Smithfield Park. Smithfield Park would be the proper noun. It is the specific person, place, or thing that this is. It is park. That's the common noun. And the proper noun is Smithfield Park. Remember, common nouns name type of person, place, or thing. Proper nouns name specific person, place, or thing. Let's look at this example. This is called stadium. The common noun for this is stadium. But let's say the specific name of the stadium is York Stadium. York Stadium would be the proper noun. It's the specific person, place, or thing. The common noun is stadium. It's the type of thing that this is. York stadium is the proper noun because it's the specific thing that this is. Let's try this one. What is this? What would be the common noun? Yeah, computer. Computer would be the common noun. Now, let's say this specific computer is platinum 10. That means that the proper noun for this would be platinum 10. The common noun is the type of person, place or thing which is computer and the proper noun is the specific one which is the platinum 10. Now, did you notice that all of the proper nouns start with capital letter and all of the common nouns start with lowercase letter? Isn't that interesting? Let's look back. Okay, so dog is common and it's lowercase and phto is the proper noun and it's uppercase. It's capital letter. Let's see. And girl is the common noun here. And Rachel is the proper noun. And Rachel starts with capital letter. Proper nouns always start with capital letter. wow. And and park is the common noun here and it starts with lowercase letter. And Smithfield Park is the proper noun. And so because it's proper noun, it starts with capital letters. And and let's look back at this one too. The common noun here is stadium. And the proper noun is York Stadium. And the proper noun, it starts with capital letters. York Stadium. They are capitalized because it's proper noun. And what about this one again? Okay, the common noun is computer. So, it has lowercase letter, but the proper noun is platinum 10, which is capitalized because it's the proper noun. Let's look at two more examples. Okay, this is picture of what? farm. Yeah, farm is the common noun. And notice it's got lowercase letter. It's the common noun. It's the type of thing that this is. Now, the name of the farm is Johnsonberg Ranch. So, that's the proper noun. It's the specific farm that it is. Johnsonberg Ranch. And notice how it's capitalized because it's proper noun. Johnsonberg Ranch is the proper noun. And it's capitalized. It's the specific thing that it is. Okay. Now, this is our final one. The common noun of this, this is map of city. City would be the common noun. And notice the lowercase letter. It's the type of person, place, or thing. And it's got little letter. It's the common noun. Now, let's say this city is Denver. Denver would be the proper noun. And notice it's an uppercase or capital letter because it's the proper noun. It's the specific thing that it is. It's Denver. To review, if word is person, place, or thing, it is noun. And there are two types of nouns. Common nouns, which name type of person, place, or thing, and proper nouns, which name specific person, place, or thing. And of course, all of the proper nouns start with capital letter. And all of the common nouns start with lowercase letter. Very cool. You did great job learning about common and proper nouns. Wow. Okay. Now, let's check out some special words that go with nouns. Next, we are going to learn about the articles. The articles. Now, when say the articles, I'm not talking about what we read to get more information about things. Here's someone reading an online article about fish. He just learned that fish have better memory than we previously thought. Those kinds of articles are great because they teach us about things and learning is fun. But when say the articles, I'm not talking about informational articles. I'm talking about the words known as the articles. The articles are three special words in the English language. Words we use ton. The articles are which is just the letter all by itself. And and the and the. Let's look at first. is something called an indefinite article. An indefinite article. Indefinite means it's not specific or exact. I'll show you. It's pretty cool. Look at this sentence. May please have cookie? Notice I'm using an indefinite article. That's because I'm not asking for specific cookie. They all pretty much look the same. would like cookie. any of the cookies here. is an indefinite article. look at this example. hope get to see dog. I'm using an indefinite article because don't care what specific dog I'm going to see. I'm not talking about an exact type of dog. I'm just saying hope get to see dog. dog in general. might see this dog or this dog or maybe this dog. It doesn't matter to me. love dogs. love to see any of them. hope get to see dog. is an indefinite article. I'm not talking about specific dog. It's indefinite. goodness. Look at this dog. This dog needs toothbrush. is an indefinite article. There isn't specific exact toothbrush this dog needs. This dog could benefit from any toothbrush. Except maybe this one, because it's cartoon toothbrush, and Sparky needs real toothbrush. Okay, real one. This dog needs toothbrush. is an indefinite article. It's letting us know there isn't definite specific toothbrush the dog needs. The dog just needs toothbrush. And to be honest, maybe this dog needs friend. Any friend. This dog needs friend. is an indefinite article. All right. So, is an indefinite article. Can we say that together? Super soft. is an indefinite article. Great. Now, how about saying it really loud? is an indefinite article. Awesome. Awesome. Indefinite means it's not specific. It's not definite. It can be any. cookie. That could be any cookie. dog. That could be any dog. toothbrush. That could be any toothbrush. is an indefinite article. And it's not the only one. What? Yeah. An is an indefinite article, too. and an are both indefinite articles. An works just like except it's used before vowels. don't know if you've seen my consonants and vowels video, but basically vowels are five special letters, and If the first letter of the next word starts with vowel, or you use the word an instead of Check this out. would like to eat an apple. We use an because apple starts with vowel. It's indefinite because I'm not asking for specific apple. could have any apple. would like to eat an apple. An works just like except it's used before vowels. Here's another example. would like to hold an egg. We use and because egg starts with vowel. We know it has to be an indefinite article because I'm not asking for specific exact egg. All of these eggs are pretty much the same. would like to hold an egg. So an is the indefinite article we use before vowel. Remember the vowels are Can we say that together? The vowels An is the indefinite article we use before vowel. An apple. That could be any apple. An egg. That could be any egg. An ice cream cone. That could be any ice cream cone. An orange. That could be any orange. An umbrella. That could be any umbrella. and an are indefinite articles. Indefinite means not specific or exact. would like to see dog. would like to see an octopus. In both cases, I'm willing to see any dog or any octopus. I'm not just wanting to see one specific dog or one specific octopus. Any would do. and an are indefinite articles. Now, wait moment. What if am talking about specific exact thing? Well, that's where the third article comes in. The article 'the'. The 'the' is definite article. Can we say that together? 'the' is definite article. Here, I'll show you how it works. Imagine if someone said, ate the donut." You might think, "Wait, you ate the donut?" You are talking about specific exact donut. The is definite article. If someone said, ate donut." That's different, right? That's indefinite. Remember? So, that could be any donut. cool. You ate donut. But it's different if you use the, which is definite article. ate the donut. You're talking about specific exact donut. You ate the donut. Maybe it's the last donut. The very last donut. You ate the donut. Or how about this? lost the key. Uh-oh, you lost the key. You're talking about specific exact key. You might think, what key got lost? We have to find this key." The is definite article. If you say, lost key," it doesn't sound as urgent. It sounds like some random key got lost. It could be any key because it's indefinite. But if you say, lost the key." You're using 'the', which is definite article. You're talking specifically about one key. If somebody says, lost the key." You got to find it. We have to find the key. We have to find the key. Look at this sentence. Could you hold the door open? What is the article in this sentence? Yeah. Thethe is definite article. You are definitely talking about one specific door. Could you hold the door open? Which door? This door. The is definite article. All right. So, we've learned the articles. You've done such an amazing job. You learned that there are three articles. and the. and an are indefinite articles. ate banana. ate an orange. That could have been any banana or any orange. But the is definite article. ate the banana. You're talking about one specific exact banana. Maybe it was the last banana. ate the banana. and the. Three special words known as the articles. Wait, the is an article. Wait, an is an article. Articles are all around us. We are surrounded by articles. These three special words, and the Whoa, I'm impressed. You are champ. Okay, maybe we should check in with Charles again. Hey, Charles. We've learned lot of grammar already, and there's even more fun ahead. Next, let's learn about words that also go really well with nouns. Adjectives. Yeah, adjectives. This is going to be cool. Let's start at the beginning. What is an adjective? that's great question. You may have heard that word before. What is an adjective? Well, this might sound little weird, but in order to know what an adjective is, you have to understand what noun is. And remember, noun is person, place, or thing. person like doctor or place like bookstore or thing like desk. If it's person, place, or thing, it's word that's noun. Well, here's where adjectives come in. Adjectives describe nouns. Adjectives are words that tell us more about nouns. So, let's look at some adjectives for these nouns that we shared. The doctor, the bookstore, and the desk. The doctor, two adjectives we could use to describe this doctor are tall and smart. Tall and smart describe this doctor. And the doctor is the noun. Remember, bookstore is noun, too. It's place. What are two adjectives that we could use? Well, one adjective could be the word fancy. This looks like pretty fancy little bookstore. And it also looks like it could be friendly. Friendly is another adjective we could use to describe this bookstore. Fancy and friendly are adjectives. They describe the noun. Well, what about this desk? Well, two adjectives that could describe this desk are clean and tan. Clean because you can see it's not dirty desk. And also tan because that's the color of the desk. That describes the color of the desk. This is tan desk. Tan and clean are adjectives. They're describing the nouns. All of these words you see are adjectives. tall, smart, fancy, friendly, clean, and tan. Adjectives are pretty fun. All you have to remember is adjectives describe nouns. Now, let's practice using adjectives to describe nouns. Look at this picture. These girls, how would we describe these girls? Well, some adjectives we could use. We could use the adjective happy. They look pretty happy. Look at those big smiles. What else would describe them? Do they look clean or do they look messy? Yeah, they look pretty messy. Messy is another adjective. Happy and messy describe these girls. That was pretty good job. Now, let's look at this picture. What are two adjectives we could use to describe this Lego toy? Well, he looks little angry, doesn't he? Angry describes him. That means angry could be good adjective. What's another adjective? Is this toy very big? Look at this toy compared to the grass. This toy is pretty tiny. Tiny describes the toy in this picture. So, the two adjectives we could use are angry and tiny. They describe the noun. Wow, look at this picture. Look at all these trees. How would we describe these trees? What are some adjectives we could use to talk about these trees? Well, these trees are tall, aren't they? They seem to reach all the way up to the sky. It looks like from this picture, they are very tall. Something else about these trees, and we can tell this because of just how tall they are. They must be very old as well. These are old trees. These aren't young little saplings. These trees are tall and old. Tall and old are adjectives describing the trees. wow. Look at this picture. How would we describe the water in this picture? If the water is noun, it's thing. What are some adjectives we could use to describe it? Well, one of the first things we know about water is that it is wet, right? Whenever you get in water, you become wet because water is wet. That's an adjective we could use, right? What's another adjective we could use? Look at the color. What is the color of the water? Yeah. Blue, wet, and blue are adjectives describing the water. Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Great job learning about adjectives. the watermelon from the beginning of the video is still on the ground. Maybe that's why Charles does not seem super happy. We only have two more grammar topics left. Next, let's learn about action verbs. Action verbs. Well, first things first, what is an action verb? What is an action verb? The truth is, in order to understand what an action verb is, you have to understand what noun is. Remember, noun is person, place, or thing. person like teacher, place like gas station, or thing like an alarm clock. If it's person, place, or thing, it's noun. Okay. So, what is an action verb? Well, action verbs are words that tell you what nouns do. it's so cool. We'll say it again. Action verbs are words that tell you what nouns do. And we'll give you some examples. All right. Now, we're going to look at some action verbs for the nouns we just saw. Remember, action words are words that tell you what nouns do. So, our first one, what do teachers do? What does this teacher do? Yeah, he teaches. Teaches is good action verb. It's what this noun does. What this teacher does. What else does this teacher do? This teacher helps. Yeah. All right. On to the gas station. What does gas station do? Well, gas station sells, doesn't it? It sells gasoline and other things. What else does gas station do? What's another action verb for gas station? Well, gas station fuels. The gas station fuels your car. Fuels is an action verb. Great. Let's try the alarm clock. What does an alarm clock do? What are some action verbs that describe what an alarm clock does? Well, an alarm clock ticks, doesn't it? Tick, tick, tick, tick. That's one action verb for an alarm clock. Another action verb. Let me give you hint. This is what an alarm clock does when you need to wake up. What does an alarm clock do when you need to wake up? It rings. Yeah, an action verb is rings. Action verbs describe what nouns do. teacher teaches and helps. gas station sells and fuels. And an alarm clock ticks and rings. Let's think of some more real life examples of action verbs. Awesome. Here's picture of rat. Pretty cute for rat. Most people think mice are cute. Mice are cute, too. Rats can be cute, just so you understand. Now, what does this rat do in the picture? What is the action verb? What does this rat do? Yeah, this rat eats. Great job. Eats is the action verb. It's describing what this noun does. What does this rat do? This rat eats. Eats is the action verb. Let's look at this picture. What does this dog do in the picture? What does this dog do? What's the action verb? Yeah, this dog runs. The action verb for this picture is runs. This dog runs. Cool. Let's look at this one. What does this lady do in the picture? What does this lady do? What is the action verb? Uh-huh. This lady reads. Reads is the action verb. Good job. Wow. Look at this. What does this man do in the picture? What's the action verb? What does this man do? Yeah, this man swims. Swims is the action verb. Awesome. Action verbs are words that tell us what nouns do. love it. Great job. And you know what? We only have one more grammar lesson left. can't believe it. Time flies when you're having fun. This last one is about helping verbs. That's right, helping verbs. You might have found this to be true in your own life, but sometimes you can't do things alone. Sometimes you need buddy, you need helper, you need friend that can help you accomplish things. We work better together, don't we? Sure, sometimes we don't get along and sometimes we don't work well together, but still we need helpers. And you know, we could be there for each other. We don't just do things alone by ourselves. You don't say much, do you, Bob? Hey, did you know verbs can be like that, too? Yeah. Pretty weird, You see, sometimes verb can express an action or state all by itself. Yay. All by itself. Here's the certificate. Yay. Good job, me. Pat on my back. You know, sometimes you can do something by yourself and sometimes verb can do something all by itself. And that's fun. That's good. But that's not always the case. Now and then verbs need buddy that helps them express an action or state. Okay? They need buddy. They need helper. And we call those helping verbs. We're going to learn what those are and how we use those in sentences. But what's important for you to get right now is that helping verbs help main verb express an action or state. They are literally helpers. They're buddies. And that's why we call them helping verbs. Okay, let's give you an example. Here is picture of park. And let's say this is our sentence. The park has opened. The park has opened. Now, we know that opened is the main verb because it tells us the action that's happening with the park. But notice there's another verb there that comes just before it that helps it state the action. The park has opened. The word has is the helping verb. The word has the helping verb is helping open which is the main verb express the action. All right. Now we're going to share an interesting fact with you. The helping verb is always just before the main verb. So, it's really easy to spot which verb is the helping verb. It always comes before. Let's look at our example again. The park has opened. Remember, has is the helping verb and it's just before opened, which is the main verb. The helping verb comes first and helps out the main verb. So, it's helping verb and then the main verb. Really easy. Here's another example. Here's picture of man playing soccer. And let's say this is our sentence. He will kick the ball. He will kick the ball. Well, we know that kick is the main verb because kick expresses the action. He will kick the ball. But notice there's another verb just before the word kick that helps it state the action. What's that word? Yeah, will. Will is the helping verb. Will helps the word kick express the action. And notice again, the helping verb always comes before the main verb. Let's try this one. Here's picture of woman and girl laughing. Let's say this is our sentence. They are laughing. They are laughing. Now, we know that the word laughing is the main verb because that's what's expressing the action. They are laughing. But notice there's another verb just before the word laughing that helps express that action that's helping the word laughing. What is that word? What's that helping verb? Yeah, the word are. is the helping verb because helps the word laughing express the action. is the helping verb. All right, let's try this one. The seagull is flying. Look at this picture of the seagull. The seagull is flying. Okay, you tell us what is the main verb. Which word is the main verb? Yeah, flying. Flying is the main verb because it tells us the action. But notice there's another verb just before it that helps it state the action. What's the helping verb in this sentence? Yeah. The word is is is the helping verb because the word is helps the word flying express the action. Is is the helping verb. You're getting the hang of this. Here's the last example. am driving. am driving. Okay. So, what's the main verb? Uh-huh. Driving. Yeah, driving is the main verb because it tells us the action. But notice, just like the other ones, there's another verb that's helping out. What's the helping verb? Uh-huh. The word am. Yeah, the word am is the helping verb. Great job. And notice again, the helping verb always comes before the main verb. To review, helping verbs help main verb express an action or state. and don't forget, the helping verb is always just before the main verb, so they're always easy to spot. Okay, Bob. That's what helping verbs are. my goodness. They're like the buddies of main verbs. Helping verbs. We use them all the time. They're exciting. They're fun. They're easy to spot. You're still not saying anything, are you, Bob? Nothing. You're just not You just don't like to talk. That's okay because you know what? We still had fun learning. my goodness. You did it. Way to go. Charles is happy. think the kids are actually playing soccer with soccer ball, which is great. And you did an amazing job. Congratulations. You know lot about grammar, which is really cool. 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