Verb Types
The word "jump" is a(n) ______ verb.
What is action?
(Jump is an action verb!)
Give the past tense of "feel."
What is felt?
Give the future tense of "write."
What is will write?
What color shirt was I wearing yesterday?
Give three examples of action verbs.
What is...?
(Answer varies!)
The truck was stealed by the person over there; I have sent you a picture of them.
Correct the mistake(s). If there are no mistakes, say, "This is already correct."
The truck was stolen by the person over there; I have sent you a picture of them.
You have ____ them plenty of help.
What goes in the blank?
(a) giving
(b) give
(c) given
(d) gave
What is (c) given?
What is the difference between a regular and irregular verb? Give an example of each.
Regular verbs follow a pattern when going into past tense. Irregular verbs do not.
(Examples vary!)
The team are running across the bridge.
"Are" is what type of verb?
What is helping?
The word "are" would be a helping verb because it helps the reader know that the team is running across the bridge right now.
Give the past tense of "put."
What is put?
Give the future perfect tense of "play."
What is will have been played?
They're about to head over, so wait for them!
In the above sentence, please point out all verbs and give the correct type for each one.
They are about to head over, so wait for them!
In this case:
are -> linking verb
wait -> action verb
Give five examples of helping verbs.
What is....?
(Answer is five of the following: am, is, are, was, were, be, do, does, did, have, had, has, may, might, must, shall, will, can, should, would, could, ought, etc.)
The cat has ___ there for the last hour.
What goes in the blank?
(a) sitting
(b) set
(c) lied
(d) sat
What is (d) sat?
Create a sentence using the past progressive tense.
What is...? Any sentence with "was/were ___" will be okay here!
I will think about this question as much as possible, but I feel like I might answer it wrong.
In the above sentence, please point out all verbs and give the correct type for each one. (Hint: all three types of verbs are used!)
I will think about this question as much as possible, but I feel like I might answer it wrong.
will -> helping verb
think -> action verb
feel -> linking verb
might -> helping verb
answer -> action verb