Review
What is a word that expresses a physical or mental activity?
Action
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: The students quickly ran to the gate.
What is ran.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: It was never his fault.
What is was.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: They are going to South Carolina.
What is are.
What is a word that connects the subject to something about the subject and does not show action?
Linking
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Mother keeps all of our necessary documents.
What is keeps.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The television and the radio are broken.
What is became.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Mike does not like animals.
What is does.
Identify what kind of verb is used in the sentence: All the students are successful in their presentation.
What is are.
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: He believes that happiness is the key to success.
What is believes.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Betty seemed sick all morning.
What is seemed.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance.
What is should and have.
Identify what is the verb used in the sentence and state what kind it is: Miss Rhea willingly decorated the Level 1 hallway.
What is decorated (Action Verb).
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: The teacher had instructed the students about the activity.
What is instructed.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being "linked": Marsha was extremely upset about her failing grade on the test.
What is was and Marsha is being linked to upset.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Is your brother playing soccer this weekend?
What is is.
Differentiate action from linking verb.
What is: action- a verb that expresses a physical or mental activity; linking- a verb that connects the subject to something else about the subject; a verb that does not show action.
Identify the action verb AND the subject in the following sentence: Leslie and Brian should have applied the rules in playing tennis.
What is action = applied and subject = Leslie and Brian
Identify the linking verb(s) in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being "linked": Yesterday, the cookies tasted delicious, but now they are moldy.
What is tasted and are. Cookies is being linked to delicious AND they is being linked to moldy.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Will you be attending the church service on Sunday?
What is will and be.