Verb Phrases
Helping Verbs
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs (no BE)
Action and BE
100

I ____  ___ ready in 5 minutes.

What is can be

100

I ___ eat another piece of pizza.

What is can

100

Do you _______ it will rain today?

What is think

100

She ______ excited about recess.

What is seemed/appeared/looked

100

I ___  _________ a hole for this flower.

What is am/was digging

200

She ___  ______  helping her mom cut vegetables.

What is has been/could be/might be

200

You ______ go home and lie down.

What is should

200

Please ______ your mom.

What is call

200

She ________ happy that the puppy wanted to play.

What is appeared/seemed/looked

200

She ___  _____ macaroni and cheese very well!

What is is/was cooking

300

We _____  _____ practicing for the Christmas Program.

What is have been/could be/might be

300

I ____ not know the answer.

What is do

300

He ______ a chapter in his book each night.

What is reads

300

We _____ ready for the Christmas Program!

What is sound/appear/feel/look/seem

300

They ____  ________ to the mall with their parents later.

What is are going

400

They ____  ___ seen playing on the playground.

What is can be/could be/had been/may be/might be

400

I ____ be late for class.

What is may

400

He _____ a home run at the last baseball game.

What is hit

400

You ________ nervous when the teacher asked a question.

What is became/appeared/looked/seemed

400

The fireman ___  ________ out the fire in the house.

What is is/was putting

500
My mom _______  _____  _____ happy to see the new dog if we had asked her before we brought it home.

What is might have been/could have been

500

________ you mind if I stayed here for a while?

What is Would

500

She lay down on the couch and _____ there all night.

What is slept

500

Please _____ in your seat until you are excused.

What is stay/remain

500

The cat likes _______ able to ______ all day.

What is being and sleep

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