by Brian P. Cleary illustrated by Brian Gable THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK [...]... Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cleary, Brian P., 1959– Slide and slurp, scratch and burp : more about verbs / by Brian P Cleary ; illustrations by Brian Gable p cm – (Words are categorical) ISBN-13: 978–0–8225–6207–8 (lib bdg : alk paper) ISBN-10: 0–8225–6207–3 (lib bdg : alk paper)... 30 is a verb? you know? 31 ABOUT THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR BRIAN P CLEARY is the author of the Words Are Categorical™ and Math Is Categorical™ series, as well as Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry and Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay He lives in Cleveland, Ohio BRIAN GABLE is the illustrator of many Words Are Categorical™ books, the Math Is Categorical™ series, and the Make Me Laugh! joke... It’s what the whole thing’s all about: Dave’s d ish , k, Mom’s loo Todd’s r ca 15 need a verb— es swim fish es ak tm Subjects always ha it ’s w 16 and lanterns li gh t and writers write and clippers cut and trim 17 S ar en’t the action k rbs ind e — ev om They “link” instead of “do,” connecting sentence parts, as in, “ You r dog a ppear s 18 lue.” uite b q These linking verbs connect a subject to a word... scooters swerv i ng both and stopping , throws that are curving or sliding or dr oppin g 9 So wrap a package, tie a knot, a lot clap your hands, or cry tr emble, mph , riu T 10 tr ot, an dt ra you’ll m ple, use a verb for each example! 11 Fly to the flower shop, dash to the dance, ing by the sw sw immin pool, g frolic in France 12 the circus r to Soa float to the fair and Without verbs, your sentence... rat e 21 The forms of “be” are linking verbs, like, “Ar e your names Mich elle? ” 22 Were and was work this way, too— they’re forms of “be” as well 23 I am Shannon He is Mor t Wer ey w ou the one ho w as in court? 24 is There are times a form of “be” all that’s needed, verbally 25 slide slip ou Whether you or y or yo sl u r p, u if you should scream you or 26 scratch or you bur p, if you’re making... lives in Cleveland, Ohio BRIAN GABLE is the illustrator of many Words Are Categorical™ books, the Math Is Categorical™ series, and the Make Me Laugh! joke books He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and two children Text copyright © 2007 by Brian P Cleary Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Millbrook Press, Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced, . thing’s all about: 15 D a v e ’ s d i s h , M o m ’ s l o o k , T o d d ’ s c a r . Subjects always need a verb— 16 i t ’ s w h a t m a k e s f i s h e s s w i m and lanterns li gh t and writers. b i t i ng— v e r b s c a n m a k e s e n t e n c e s v e r y e x c i t i n g . t h a t n u z z l e a n d n i p , They t e ll us of horses 8 and birds as they sip. of bears as they guzzle They tell us of scooters bo th and stopping, throws that are curving or sliding or d r o p p i n g . 9 s w e r v i n g So. verb— 16 i t ’ s w h a t m a k e s f i s h e s s w i m and lanterns li gh t and writers wri t e and clippers cut and t rim. 17 They “link” instead of “do,” con n ect i ng sentence parts, as in, 18 S o m e v e r b s a r e n ’ t t h e a c t i o n k i n d — “ Y o u r d o g a p p e a r s q u i t e b l u e . ”