action verbs
What is the action verb in this sentence?
John and Sally ride their bikes to the park.
What is ride?
What does a linking verb do?
Does it tell what the subject does or what the subject is?
What is what the subject is?
Name the helping verb in the sentence below.
We were picking the apples for the farmer.
What is were?
How many "be" verbs are there?
What is 5?
Sally rides her bike to the park.
What is yes?
Susie is making spaghetti for dinner tonight?
What is making?
What is the linking verb?
The crayon is purple.
What is "is"?
What tune do we sing the helping verb song to?
What is Jingle Bells?
What are the helping verbs?
What is am is are was were?
What is no?
Name both of the action verbs.
They patted the pony before they rode him.
What is patted and rode?
What is the linking verb?
The banana seems rotten.
What is seems?
We are helping the students with their work.
What is are?
What is the "be" verb in the sentence below?
The children have helped with the chores on the farm before.
What is have?
The tall man walk to the gas station.
What is no?
Name the action verb.
Our class has written a letter to the president.
What is written?
What is the linking verb?
Sharon looked beautiful.
What is looked?
What is the helping verb in the sentence?
Brian had eaten a pizza.
What is had?
Do you use present or past tense with the helping verbs "am, is, are" in a sentence?
What is present?
If you have a singular subject what kind of verb do you usually use?
What is a plural verb?
Name the two action verbs in the sentence.
We were sailing the boat and the wind caught our sail.
What are sailing and caught?
What is the linking verb.
The cake tasted delicious.
What is tasted?
I might ride my bike to the store later today.
What is might?
The "be" verbs were and are- are singular or plural?
What is plural?
If you have a plural subject what kind of verb do you usually use?
What is singular verb?