Verbals
Action/Linking/Helping
Tenses
DO/IO
Troublesome Pairs
100

Identify the verbal:

Before school, I always try to review my homework.

to review, infinitive

100
Steve kicked the ball.
kicked- action
100
1st person, singular, past tense, eat
ate
100
Steve kicked the ball.
ball- direct object
100
Nobody (can/may) see it total darkness.
can
200

When I am frustrated, cleaning the house calms me down.

frustrated: participle, cleaning: gerund

200
On a nice Sunday afternoon, I sometimes wonder about ghosts.
wonder- action
200
3rd person, singular, present progressive, laugh
is laughing
200
I bought my sister a cake.
cake- direct object, sister- indirect object
200
We wanted to (raise/rise) funds to buy a new gym.
raise
300

When I came home, I saw broken glass all over the floor.

broken: participle

300
The car is running out of gas!
is- helping, running- action
300
3rd person, plural, past perfect, jump
had jumped
300
We all gave Mr. Granger our homework.
direct object- homework, indirect object- Mr. Granger
300
There is a mark on the table because yesterday, somebody (sat/set) their soda there.
set
400

Without a care in the world, Joseph bravely stepped out the front door.

there are no verbals, you grackles.

400
The pie tastes disgusting, but Frank will eat it anyway.
tastes- linking, will- helping, eat- action
400
My cousins WILL BE VISITING in March.
Future Progressive
400
Never try to give a poet honest feedback.
direct object- feedback, indirect object- poet
400
Now that we know the dragon is really dead, it can finally be (lain/laid) to rest.
laid
500

Before they left the house, Erin insisted on checking every single room to be sure there was no criminal hiding somewhere.

checking: gerund, to be: infinitive, hiding: participle

500
We haven't been studying, so we are afraid of the test!
have- helping, been- helping, studying- action, are- linking
500

None of us HAVE FOUND the answer to the riddle.

present perfect

500
I thought about buying my mother a new car, but instead I just bought pizzas. (For me.)
car- direct object, mother- indirect object, pizzas- direct object
500
Yesterday, I was so sick that I just (lay/laid) on my back all day.
lay
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