General Information
A verb is a word that:
What is "expresses an action OR a state of being."
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Oddish walked to the convenience store.
What is walked.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Mew is a very smart pokemon.
What is is.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Marill is walking to the mall at five o'clock.
What is is.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Rapidash sprinted during the race.
What is sprinted (AV).
What an action verb does (include the 2 categories):
What is "expresses a physical or mental action."
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Alakazam drove the car into the bridge.
What is drove.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Mr. Mime became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.
What is became.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Bulbasaur was watching the football game on TV.
What is was.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Pikachu tasted the spicy salsa.
What is tasted (AV).
What a linking verb does:
What is "expresses a state of being" or "connects a noun/pronoun to something that describes it."
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Chansey and Vileplume asked Nurse Joy about her fabulously decorated cap.
What is questioned.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the basketball game, the Jolteon and Bellsprout were sweaty.
What is were.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Machop and Tangela should have practiced their routine before the performance.
What is should and have.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Psyduck had seemed sick all morning.
What is had (HV), seemed (LV).
What a helping verb does:
What is "help the main verb in a verb phrase."
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Lugia and Entei were dancing the night away at the prom.
What is dancing.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being "linked": Onyx was extremely upset about his failing grade on the test.
What is was, and Onyx is being linked to upset.
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: In the morning, Charmander could have been looking over her notes for the test.
What is could, have and been.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Is Gengar planning on a new dress for the dance tonight?
What is is (HV) and planning (AV).
Explain why the verb in this phrase is "was" and not "exciting."
The amusement park was exciting and crowded.
"Was" is linking "the amusement park" to the adjective "exciting." It is being used to help describe something about the amusement park.
Nothing in the sentence is doing something/exciting somebody.
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Butterfree should have remained quiet and listened to the instructions from the policeman.
What is listened
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 Kingler be attending the church service on Sunday?
What is will and be.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Eevee would have been sleeping if she was tired.
What is would (HV), have (HV), been (HV), sleeping (AV), was (LV).