Please name the verb(s) and then state whether the verb is action or linking in the blank provided.
Yo-yos worked as weapons as well as toys.
What is worked - action?
100
Please state the helping verb(s) and/or main verb(s).
You can find these wonderful toys almost all over the world.
What is can (helping) and find (main)?
100
State what the verb is and what the direct object is (if there is one).
Settlers steered three ships up the James River in present day Virginia.
What is steered (verb) and ships (DO)?
100
State what the verb is and then state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
He bought corn from Chief Powhatan and his people.
What is bought (verb) and transitive?
100
State the verb and then state whether the verb tense is present, past or past participle:
Governor Bradford ordered a time of prayer and thanksgiving.
What is ordered AND past tense?
200
Please name the verb(s) and then state whether the verb is action or linking in the blank provided.
Some toys, though, are even older than the yo-yo.
What is are and linking?
200
Please state the helping verb(s) and/or main verb(s).
Children have played with tops and spinners for many centuries.
What is have (helping) and played (main)?
200
State what the verb is and what the direct object is (if there is one).
The ships carried 105 hopeful English colonists.
What is carried (verb) and colonists (DO)?
200
State what the verb is and then state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
Even more important, he made peace with the natives.
What is made (verb) and transitive?
200
State the verb and then state whether the verb tense is present, past or past participle:
Both the United States and Canada have a Thanksgiving Day.
What is have AND present tense?
300
Please name the verb(s) and then state whether the verb is action or linking in the blank provided.
Egyptian children played ball too.
What is played and action?
300
Please state the helping verb(s) and/or main verb(s).
Historians have uncovered evidence of tops in ancient Egypt.
What is have (helping) and uncovered (main)?
300
State what the verb is and what the direct object is (if there is one).
One of them described the many “tall trees” in Virginia.
What is described (verb) and trees (DO)?
300
State what the verb is and then state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
They encouraged the colonists to plant practical crops
What is encouraged (verb) and transitive?
300
State the verb and then state whether the verb tense is present, past or past participle:
In New England the Thanksgiving custom began in 1623.
What is began AND past tense?
400
Please name the verb(s) and then state whether the verb is action or linking in the blank provided.
In ancient Egypt, children pulled and rolled toys from place to place.
What is pulled and rolled; action?
400
Please state the helping verb(s) and/or main verb(s).
Some tops might have appeared more than 5,000 years ago.
What is might AND have (helping) and appeared (main)?
400
State what the verb is and what the direct object is (if there is one).
Most colonists, however, sought silver and gold.
What is sought (verb) and silver AND gold (D.O.'s)?
400
State what the verb is and then state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
Smith governed skillfully.
What is governed (verb) and INTRANSITIVE?
400
State the verb and then state whether the verb tense is present, past or past participle:
For the Plymouth settlers, the first winter had been terrible.
What is had been AND past participle?
500
Please name the verb(s) and then state whether the verb is action or linking in the blank provided.
Toys like these remain popular today.
What is remain and linking?
500
Please state the helping verb(s) and/or main verb(s).
Their tops might have been carved from walrus tusks.
What is might AND have AND been (helping) and carved (main)?
500
State what the verb is and what the direct object is (if there is one).
They chose a terrible place for their settlement.
What is chose (verb) and place (DO)?
500
State what the verb is and then state whether it is transitive or intransitive:
The settlement’s luck quickly improved after his appointment.
What is improved (verb) and INTRANSITIVE?
500
State the verb and then state whether the verb tense is present, past or past participle:
However, more plentiful corn crops had brought new hope.