Action Verbs
True or false! Every sentence needs a verb.
True
To figure out the subject of the sentence, what question can you ask?
Use a linking verb in a sentence to connect these two words: The cake ....... delicious.
Example: My cellphone has been lost for quite some time.
In this sentence, what does the linking verb link?
Her perfume smelled amazing.
In this sentence, what does the linking verb link?
The man became a gardener at the age of forty-two.
Identify the linking verb and tell what it links: The spectators became amazed at the elephant's tricks.
became links spectators to amazed
Identify the TWO verbs; are they action verbs, linking verbs, or one of each? When she answered the phone, Maria sounded sleepy.
answered; action verb AND sounded; linking verb
Linking verbs rename or describe the subject with a ____ or a ____.
Noun or an adjective
Use a linking verb in a sentence to connect these two words: Sam ..... a courageous boy.
Example: Hurricanes can be very dangerous.