Verb Types
Identify the verbs in the sentence and what type they are:
smell, action
Identify the subject complement in the following sentence and decide if it is a predicate nominative or predicate adjective:
Those barbequed ribs smelled delicious.
delicious, predicate adjective
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct perfect tense.
I ___ Brian since kindergarten. (present, to know)
a. know
b. have been knowing
c. had known
d. was knowing
e. have known
e. have known
Choose the proper noun.
Identify the verbs in the sentence and what type they are:
lay, action
Identify the subject complement in the following sentence and decide if it is a predicate nominative or predicate adjective:
mayor, predicate nominative
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct perfect tense.
The border ___ closed since 1945. (present, to be)
a. was
b. was being
c. has been
d. has been being
e. will have been
c. has been
Choose the abstract noun in the following sentence.
Sally attended the board meeting on the education of children.
Identify the verbs in the sentence and what type they are:
Your answers appear correct.
appear, linking
Identify the subject complement in the following sentence and decide if it is a predicate nominative or predicate adjective:
confused, predicate adjective
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct perfect tense.
Mrs. Krasin ___ away her family’s savings by the time she is thirty. (future, to gamble).
a. had gambled
b. has gambled
c. will have gambled
d. has been gambling
e. will gamble
c. will have gambled
What is the plural form of ‘volcano’?
Identify the verbs in the sentence and what type they are:
Jane’s father has won a cooking award.
has, helping
won, action
Identify the subject complement in the following sentence and decide if it is a predicate nominative or predicate adjective:
The children were growing restless.
restless, predicate adjective
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct perfect tense.
The police chief reported that they ___ the body. (past, to find)
a. will have found
b. have found
c. has found
d. had found
e. found
d. had found
Choose the correct possessive form of 'drums owned by two boys':
Identify the verbs in the sentence and what type they are:
should, helping
have, helping
told, action
Identify the subject complement in the following sentence and decide if it is a predicate nominative or predicate adjective:
I could have been an astronaut.
astronaut, predicate nominative
Fill in the blank by choosing the correct perfect tense.
The divers ___ pieces of the Titanic from the ocean’s floor to feature in the documentary. (past, to recover)
a. recover
b. recovered
c. was recovering
d. had recovered
e. had been recovering
d. had recovered
Identify the error in the following sentences:
Cole said “Julio and I shopped at Woodrow Mall”.