Verb Alert
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Choose Your Verb
Define: A Verb Meaning to Explain
Mr. Agreeable
100
A combination of a main verb and a preposition or an adverb such as clear out, nail down, or win over.
What is a phrasal verb?
100
Choose the correct verb for this sentence: Don't (set, sit) the paint can there while you're working.
What is set?
100
Identify the verb, verb phrase, or phrasal verb in the sentence: Perseus was walking along in search of Medusa.
What is was walking?
100
Show action or state of being.
What is a verb?
100
There (is, are) books on the table.
What is are?
200
Expresses an action that passes from a doer to a receiver.
What is a transitive verb?
200
Take, ________, taken
What is took?
200
Change the verb to be in the indicated tense. The children________a pillow fort in the bedroom. (build-simple past, passive)
What is had built?
200
A verb that does not have a receiver for its action.
What is an intransitive verb?
200
We (was, were) at the movies last night.
What is were?
300
Two or more verbs that work together as a unit.
What is a verb phrase?
300
Rise, _____, Risen
What is rose?
300
Identifty the linking verb in this sentence: Miriam Makeba was a famous singer with an incredible voice.
What is was?
300
Verb agrees with the subject in __________ & ___________.
What is person & number?
300
A group of students (is, are) waiting in the classroom.
What is is?
400
A combination of a main verb and a preposition or an adverb.
What is a phrasal verb?
400
The audience ___________ from their seats and applauded the musician. (raise, rose)
What is rose?
400
The librarian (borrowed, lent) me a book.
What is lent?
400
Sean (doesn't, don't) like waking up early in the morning for work.
What is doesn't?
400
Some of Mrs. McMahon's favorite books (include, includes) Hamlet, Harry Potter, and Wuthering Heights.
What is include?
500
Joins the subject with a subject compliment.
What is a linking verb?
500
________ = brought
What is bring?
500
The past tense of forgive.
What is forgave?
500
The three simple tenses of verbs.
What are past, present and future?
500
The stories in the book (were, was) great.
What is were?
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