Identifying verbs/Simple Predicates
Name 3 state-of-being verbs
Possible answers can include:
are, is, am, was, were, be, being, been
Decide if the verb in the sentence works as an action or linking verb.
Mrs. Yohner is kind and patient.
Linking verb because "is" works as an "=" sign.
Mrs. Yohner = kind and patient
Identify the sentence pattern for each sentence:
"Spot remover fixed the problem."
S TrV DO
Spot remover fixed the problem.
Identify the sentence pattern for each:
A.) S-LV-PA
B.) S-LV-PN
Bark injury is the least difficult type of injury.
S. LV PN
Bark injury is the least difficult type of injury.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence:
While I was ___________inside, I heard the garage door.
A.) sitting
B.) setting
A.) SITTING
What is the complete verb of the following sentence?
"Oxygen and glucose are delivered to the brain by blood."
Correct: are delivered
Decide if the verb in the sentence works as an action or linking verb.
Scott's estate feels majestic.
Correct answer: linking
S TrV PA
Scott's estate feels majestic.
Identify the sentence pattern for each sentence:
Reagan and Joey ate the new, pale version of brownies.
S S TrV DO
Reagan and Joey ate the new, pale version of brownies.
Identify the sentence pattern for each:
A.) S-LV-PA
B.) S-LV-PN
An injury to the tree cavity is more dangerous.
S. LV PA
An injury to the tree cavity is more dangerous.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence:
My little cat, Duchess, _______ asleep in the sunny garage entry, but no one saw her.
A.) lay
B.) laid
"Lay" is PAST of lie, which means to recline.
Lie
Lay
Have Laid
What is the complete verb of the following sentence?
"The epidermis and the dermis are the two major layers of skin."
are
Decide if the verb in the sentence is an action or linking verb.
"Burns in the eye from acid or grease feel very painful."
Correct answer: Linking!
S LV PA
"Burns (in the eye) (from acid or grease) feel very painful."
Identify the sentence pattern for each sentence:
Later his mom baked Reagan and his friend special blond brownies.
Mom did not bake Reagan and his friend.
S TrV IO IO
Later his mom baked Reagan and his friend special
DO
blond brownies.
Identify the sentence pattern for each:
A.) S-LV-PA
B.) S-LV-PN
S LV PA
The tree could be quite sick insideChoose the correct verb to complete the sentence:
The garage door sensors were ________. and they detected Duchess.
A.) sat
B.) set
set.
Find the simple predicate of the sentence.
"Trees grow nearly everywhere on the earth's surface"
A.) grow
B.) nearly
C.) surface
the answer is: GROW.
I can't "nearly" and "surface" is not action either.
Side-to-side movement of water in the tree IS somewhat slow.
The correct answer is LINKING because "is" is a state- of-being verb that works like an = sign.
Identify the sentence pattern for each sentence:
"The bony structure around the eye is the socket."
S LV PN
The bony structure around the eye is the socket."
Identify the sentence pattern for each:
A.) S-LV-PA
B.) S-LV-PN
A diseased tree may appear fine outwardly.
S LV PA
A diseased tree may appear fine outwardly.
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence:
Correct: have begun
begin
began
have begun
present perfect formula is:
have or has + past participle of the verb
What is the complete verb of the following sentence?
"A child normally has softer hair on his skin than an adult."
has
"normally" is not a verb!
Identify if the verb in the sentence below is an action or linking verb.
"Burns in the eye from acid or grease feel very painful."
"feel" works as a linking verb because it acts as an "=" sign
Identify the sentence pattern for each sentence.
"Sometimes paint must be reapplied to the wound"
S InV
"Sometimes paint must be reapplied to the wound."
(to the wound is a prepositional phrase)
Identify the sentence pattern for each:
A.) S-LV-PA
B.) S-LV-PN
Scott's home is a classic example of aristocratic life in the early 1800s in Scotland.
S. LV PN
Scott's home is a classic example (of aristocratic life) (in the early 1800s) (in Scotland.)
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence:
Cody ___________ to a tense, waiting crowd.
Rosed
Raised
Risn
Rose.