Action Verbs
Cortes and Pizarro sailed on seperate expeditions from Spain to the Americas in the early 1500's.
What is sailed?
The Inca Empire became one of the largest empires in South America.
What is became?
Identify the verb in the sentence. What type of verb is it? Mr. B sprinted to Mrs. Ventresca's classroom.
What is sprinted? (AV)
Corn was the most important crop grown by Maya farmers to feed their large cities.
What is corn?
What is Simple Subject?
The tired, elderly man trudged down the street.
What is Complete Subject: The tired, elderly man?
What is Simple Subject: man?
Sapa Inca lived in a magnificent palace.
What is lived?
Charnay was fascinated by the pictures in an early travel book of ancient Maya ruins.
What is was?
Identify the verb in the sentence. What type of verb is it? We tasted the spicy salsa in gym class.
What is tasted? (AV)
Built out of mud and reeds, floating gardens called chinampas allowed the Aztecs to grow food on a lake.
What are floating gardens (or chinampas)?
What is Complete Subject?
My best friend from soccer practice scored a goal.
Complete Subject: What is my best friend from soccer practice?
Simple Subject: What is friend?
The Maya gathered tree crops as well as a variety of other crops such as corn, beans, and squash.
What is gathered?
The Maya pyramids are tall and steep.
What is are?
Identify the verb in the sentence. What type of verb is it? The students seemed excited for Thanksgiving break.
What is seemed? (LV)
Carved directly into steep mountain slopes, giant stone terraces prevented rainwater from washing away Inca crops.
What are giant stone terraces?
What is Complete Subject?
Those heavy math books fell off the desk.
Complete Subject: What is those heavy math books?
Simple Subject: What is books?
Clever Inca runners called chasquis carried important messages across thousands of miles of mountain roads.
What is carried?
Some Maya city states were larger than others.
What is were?
Identify the verb in the following sentence. What type of verb is it? He will become a teacher someday.
What is become? (LV)
Because it was bitter and spicy, the hot chocolate drink tasted very strange to early Spanish explorers.
What is the hot chocolate drink?
What is Complete Subject?
The fluffy white dog barked at the mail carrier.
Complete Subject: What is the fluffy white dog?
Simple Subject: What is dog?
By the 1500's the Aztec ruled about 500 smaller city-states and millions of people.
What is ruled?
Identify the 2 linking verbs in this sentence. Spiders can seem scary, but they are actually very interesting.
What are seem and are?
Identify the verb in the sentence. What type of verb is it? You should practice your spelling words.
What is practice? (AV)
Because it was so valuable, the colorful feather of the quetzal bird became a form of money in Maya markets.
What is the colorful feather of the quetzal bird?
What is Complete Subject?
The Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations built incredible empires across ancient Latin America, each leaving behind breathtaking stone cities and advanced calendars that scientists still study today.
Complete Subject: What is the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations?
Simple Subject: What is civilizations?