How do you tell if something is a VERB? A VERB is an action (an event) or a state of being! These words are VERBS in English! Action/Event State of Being Imagine that you are currently teaching English to students in Korea.

VERB How do you tell if something is a VERB? A VERB is an action (an event) or a state of being! These words are VERBS in English! Action/Event State of Being Imagine that you are currently teaching English to students in Korea. Your Uncle Ken (an adult who has never taken a linguistics course before) shows you this infographic, suggesting that you use it in your lesson about verbs next week. You, having taken LIN204 at UTM with Ai, know that there are some problems with this infographic.

Come up with ONE example sentence to show that you actually do not have to know the meaning of the word in order for you to determine that it is a VERB. After you construct the sentence, comment briefly on how your example sentence shows this. (Max three sentences, including the example sentence)

2.  Beyond the issue that has been mentioned in Q1, there is another problem with the infographic. The issue is with the second part, starting with “These words are VERBS in English!”. Based on what you have learned in LIN204, what is misleading about this part of the infographic? As always, use example sentences to support your explanation. (Max five sentences)

3. Kindly explain to Uncle Ken that you can actually use operational definitions to see if something is a verb, noun, etc. In your explanation to Uncle Ken, pick ONE operational definition of a verb and exemplify it using an example sentence. Make sure that someone who has never taken a linguistics course before can understand your explanation. Your answer should sound as if you are speaking directly to Uncle Ken. Your response has been started for you below. Complete the explanation as if you are continuing to speak to Uncle Ken. You do not necessarily have to repeat what you’ve said in Q1 and Q2 already in your explanation. (Max five sentences, not including the opening part provided to you already). 

Here(provide already: Hi Uncle Ken! Thanks so much for thinking of me. I appreciate that you found this infographic for me, but I actually learned in LIN204 (an English Language Linguistics course at UTM) that there’s a better way to figure out if something is a verb in English.)