Parts of a sentence
Action Verbs
Regular/Irregular Verbs
Helping Verbs
Sentences
100
Define action verb
What is a word that expresses an action or physical activity?
100
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walked to the mall.
What is walked?
100
to push
What is regular? (pushed)
100
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.
What is "is"?
100
Identify the subject and verb(s) in the following sentence: Sondra sprinted during the race.
What is Sondra sprinted?
200
Define helping verb
What is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase?
200
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sheila drove her car onto the bridge.
What is drove?
200
to run
What is irregular? (ran)
200
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.
What is was?
200
Identify the subject and verb(s) in the following sentence: Harry tasted the spicy salsa.
What is Harry tasted?
300
Difference between a regular verb and an irregular verb
What is a regular verb ends in "ed" in the past tense and an irregular verb does not?
300
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Alex and Marsha questioned Mr. Schlote about his fabulously decorated star shirt.
What is questioned?
300
to nibble
What is regular? (nibbled)
300
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance.
What are should and have?
300
Mark up the following sentence: Betty reads the newspaper at school every day.
What is: subject: Betty verb: reads DO: newspaper prep phrase: at school (school is OP)
400
Subject of a sentence
What is who or what is doing the action in a sentence?
400
Identify the subject(s) and action verb in the following sentence: Luke and Samantha were dancing the at the party.
What are subjects, Luke and Samantha, and action verb, dancing?
400
to lie (meaning to rest)
What is irregular? (lay)
400
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: In the morning, Gabby could have been looking over her notes for the test.
What are could, have and been?
400
Mark up the following sentence: Marco did not want to complete his homework before dinner.
What is: subject: Marco verb phrase: did want box "not" infinitive: to complete DO: homework prep phrase: before dinner
500
2 parts of a sentence that will NOT be in a prepositional phrase
What are the subject and the verb?
500
Identify the action verb AND the subject in the following sentence: Mrs. Munday should have listened to the instructions from the policeman.
What is action = listened and subject = Mrs. Munday?
500
to seek
What is irregular? (sought)
500
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Will you be attending the church service on Sunday?
What are will and be?
500
Mark up the following sentence: During the storm, Ethan and Eliot could not build a snowman in the back yard.
What is: subject: Ethan, Eliot verb phrase: could build box "not" DO: snowman prep phrase: During the storm, in the back yard
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