MCT - What does AVP stand for?

[In The Great White North]

It's under the verb on the parts of the sentence line. Always an active verb, but active verb predicate doesn't sound right. I can't find it anywhere.

 

BTW, I have the Voyage books.

[Capt_Uhura]

AVP = action verb predicate

LVP = linking verb predicate

[Dana]

I think it is Action Verb Predicate.

On line 2, you're finding Subject and Predicate. Then classify the predicate as a LV (linking verb) or AV (action verb) to make looking for subject complement and direct object easier. (We're doing Practice Island & that's how they do the AV Predicate.)

[In The Great White North]

Thank you.

 

I'd never heard anything referred to as a "verb predicate" - isn't that redundant?

[scrapbabe]

The simple predicate is the verb, but not redundant. One is used to define the parts of speech, the other is used to define the parts of a sentence.

 

Smiles,

Shalynn

[Matryoshka]

I'd never heard anything referred to as a "verb predicate" - isn't that redundant?

 

Well, there's the complete predicate, and the simple predicate, which is just the verb. AVP or LVP refers to just the simple predicate, and also indicates whether the verb used is action or linking, which will in turn tell you if you should possibly watch out for direct/indirect objects or subject complements.

[In The Great White North]

But why isn't "verb" on the parts of speech line and "predicate" on the parts of a sentence line? (like every example in Grammar Voyage)

[Matryoshka]

But why isn't "verb" on the parts of speech line and "predicate" on the parts of a sentence line? (like every example in Grammar Voyage)

 

Verb is in the parts of speech line - you just mark it "verb". The predicate is in the parts of the sentence line - AVP or LVP just tells you what kind. Without the word "verb", the description wouldn't make much sense - action predicate and linking predicate? :tongue_smilie: Naw, it's a predicate with an action verb, or a predicate with a linking verb.

[Mandy in TN]

MCT Grammar Island talked about sentence patterns. Practice Island reinforces those patterns by listing whether the main verb in the predicate is an action verb or a linking verb.

 

The pattern you are looking at is an AV (action verb). From this a child should remember the pattern: an action verb may be followed by a DO with or w/o an IO. Acknowledging whether the main verb is an AV or an LV is reinforcing the patterns that have been taught in Grammar Island.

 

A student should know that if a subject does something he is looking at an action verb and therefore needs to check for a direct object. It's just a clue to the pattern that can follow.

 

alright, I'm rambling-

Mandy