What is a word that expresses a physical or mental activity
100
Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
Sally walked to the mall.
What is walked.
100
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:
She is a very smart girl.
What is is.
100
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Include the main verb AND the helping verb:
Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.
What is is walking.
100
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
Sondra sprinted during the race.
What is sprinted (AV).
200
Linking Verb
What is a word that connects the subject to something about the subject
200
Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
Sheila drove her car into the bridge.
What is drove.
200
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:
The teacher became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.
What is became.
200
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Include the helping and main verbs:
Luke was watching the football game on TV.
What is was watching.
200
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
Harry tasted the spicy salsa.
What is tasted (AV).
300
Helping Verb
What is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase
300
Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
David and Charlotte never question Ms. Gray about her fabulous attire.
What is question.
300
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence:
After the basketball game, we were sweaty.
What is were.
300
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence include the helping AND the main verbs:
The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance.
What is should have practiced.
300
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
Betty seemed sick all morning.
What is seemed (LV).
400
Gerund
What is a verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun.
400
Identify the action verb in the following sentence:
Luke and Samantha were dancing the night away at the prom.
What is dancing.
400
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.
400
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence. Include the helping and main verbs:
Annie, should you be looking for your notes instead of being on your phone?
What is should be looking .
400
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
After drinking the old milk, Vladimir turned green.
What is turned (LV).
500
Describe the difference in "reading" in these two sentences:
1. Amy was reading her textbook to study for the ELA quiz.
2. Reading the textbook was a way that Amy studied for her ELA quiz.
What is sentence one uses reading as an action verb (it is combined with the helping verb "was" and sentence 2 uses reading as a noun, which makes it a gerund.
500
Identify the action verb AND the subject in the following sentence:
Ms. Gray should have listened to the instructions from the policeman.
What is action = listened and subject = Ms. Gray.
500
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.
500
Identify ONLY the helping verb(s) in the following sentence:
Will you be attending the church service on Sunday?
What is will and be.
500
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
Lucas would have been sleeping if he was tired.
What is would (HV), have (HV), been (HV), sleeping (AV) and was (LV).