Verbs can be either of these
What are action or being verbs
This means to rest or recline & this means to take a seat, to ascend.
What is lie, lay, lain, lying and sit, sat, sat, sitting.
Name the intransitive or transitive verb in the following sentence...
She obtained her pilots license in aviation.
What is obtained/transitive because there is a direct object that follows the verb and answers what of the verb
Identify the verb and its tense in the following sentence...
I am going to observe a meteor shower in November.
What is am going future tenses
Identify the verb phrase and whether it is in present- perfect or past-perfect tense...
I had planned to go to the beach today.
What is had planned past-perfect tense
Name the four basic forms of verbs and what is added to the base form of the verb to create those forms
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE
What are present, past, past participle, & present participle. Add -ed to form the past/past participle and -ing to form the present participle
Some verbs have a doer and a receiver. The receiver is also known as this
What is a direct object
Define an intransitive verb.
What is a verb that has no receiver/ direct object
Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentence...
The flowers __________ (attract in future tense) bees.
What is will attract
Choose the verb in the following sentence...
In the past people had mistaken comets for stars.
What is had mistaken
Name the verb and its form...We had eaten so much to the point where we were stuffed.
What is eaten, past participle
Identify the transitive verb, the doer, and the receiver in the following sentence...
The present he created was Pop Cat.
What is ... Transitive verb CREATIVE, doer HE, receiver POP CAT
Define a linking verb
What is a verb that links the subject of the sentence with the subject complement.
The simple present tense uses this form of the verb
What is the present or base form
Identify the perfect tense verb(s) in the following sentence...
I had known little about asteroids until I had watched a TV program about them on Saturday night.
What is had known and had watched.
Name the base form of the verb wrap
What is wrap
Choose the correct verb in the following sentence...
(Leave, Let) me tell you about Douglas “wrong way” Corrigan.
What is Let
Name the most common forms of linking verbs
What are BE and it’s forms been, am, is, are, was, were
Name the past tense form of the verb see
What is saw
In order to form perfect tense verbs you need to use a form of the verb ________ before the past participle
What is a form of the verb have (have, has, had)
This is the past form of begin
What is began
Define what a transitive verb is and what makes it different from an intransitive verb
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE
What is when an action passes from a doer to a receiver and a transitive verb contains a direct object
Identify the linking verb and the subject completely in the following sentence...
They all became tired after and went to sleep.
What is became and tired
Complete this chart: The 1st column is Present Progressive and the 2nd column is Past Progressive
I _____ reading a book. I _____ reading a book. We _____ eating lunch. We _____ eating lunch. He _____ riding a bike. He _____ riding a bike.
What is am was are were is was
In order to form past progressive, add these linking verbs before the present participle & in order to form future progressive, add these linking verbs before the present participle
DOUBLE JEOPARDY DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What are was/were
& what are will or is/are going to be with the present participle