Linking verbs
Identify the linking verb:
For over a year, young frigate birds remain dependent on their parents.
remain
Find the adjectives 3 in that sentence:
The treetops of a tropical forest contain a marvelous community of plants and animals living in a complex environment.
tropical, marvelous, complex
Identify the adverb in the sentence:
Born Edmund, the artist later adopted his stepmother’s maiden name, Marsden
later
Identify the preposition:
A player must not hit the ball beyond the baseline
beyond
What is the most used # on tiktok
#foryou
Identify the linking verb:
This sac looks balloon-like.
looks
Find the 3 articles in that sentence:
The treetops of a tropical forest contain a marvelous community of plants and animals living in a complex environment.
The, a, a
Identify the adverb in the sentence:
His works are frequently exhibited around the country.
frequently
Identify the prepositions:
A good player hits the ball past the other player or over the other player’s head.
past and over
What was tiktok named before being named tiktok
musically
Identify the linking verb:
In flight a great frigate bird sometimes looks free, like a ragged bundle of feathers floating in the air.
looks
Find the adjective and article in that sentence:
Natural products that were first discovered in these forests
Natural and these
Identify the adverb and the two words that they modify:
His paintings almost always are innovative.
Find one preposition and one compound preposition:
During a big point in a late-round match of an important tournament in front of thousands of spectators.
During, in, of
in front of
What is the biggest country in the world?
Is snatching a linking verb in that sentence? If not, which one is?
They are famous for snatching fish from other birds in flight.
Replace the blank space with an appropriate adjective:
In the rain forest, __________________ swarms of mosquitoes hover around the trees.
Identify the adverb and the verb it's modifying:
Soon he was studying art at the Cleveland School of Art
Soon modifies was studying
Find the 3 prepositions in this sentence:
In tennis a game begins with the serve, which many players consider the most important stroke in the game.
In, with, in
What is the name of the biggest mountain in Canada or where is it located?
Mount Logan
Yukon
Identify the linking verb:
Frigates seem happier in the air than on the ground.
Seem
Find at least 3 adjectives in that sentence:
Exotic varieties of mosses, cacti, ferns, and orchids present unusual shapes and bright colors that are unknown in our American forests.
Exotic, unusual, bright, unknown, American
Find the two adverbs and the verbs they modify:
Hartley traveled east to New York. There he met John Marin and other artists
east ; traveled
there ; met
How many preposition is there in that sentence?
They were late because of car trouble
How old is Miss Leonard?
24