Action Verbs
Being Verbs
Linking Verbs
Examples
Sentences
100
The troupe (raised, rised) the flag this morning.
What is... raised.
100
They (are/is) my friends.
What is...are
100
The thing that the linking verb links the predicate to...
What is the subject?
100
Have we (sang/sung) this song before?
What is... sung
100
Sentence that makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
200
The faucet (sprang, sprung) a leak.
What is... sprang
200
Define Being Verbs
What is showing a state of being or existence.
200
Will you ____ in church this Sunday?
What is... be
200
Look what the cat (dragged, drug) in.
What is...dragged
200
Sentence that asks a question.
What is an interrogative sentence?
300
Please ____ your books on the table.
What is...set.
300
Mrs. Southwell ____ a teacher at Cornerstone for two years.
What is...been
300
Neither the students nor the teacher ____ ready for the exam.
What is... was
300
The cat _______ up on me!
What is... sneaked
300
Sentence that makes a request or gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
400
I almost _______ in the heavy currents.
What is...drowned
400
The word that you can replace almost any linking verb for, and it helps decide if the verb is a linking verb.
What is equals?
400
Has anyone ever _____ across the Atlantic Ocean before?
What is... swum
400
Sentence that expresses sudden feeling.
What is exclamatory?
500
The quarterback (threw, throwed) a touchdown.
What is... threw
500
The list of Being Verbs:
What is... am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
500
Can be action or linking verbs (a list of words).
What is... taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, become, seem, grow, remain, stay.
500
She had _____ down for a nap before she finished her homework.
What is... lain
500
Sentence in which a subject and verb are not in the normal order (S/V).
What is inverted?
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