Action Verbs
Fill in the blank: Action verbs show what the subject, or focus of the sentence ______ .
is (physically) doing
Linking verbs describe the subject's ___ ___ ____ .
state of being
Fill in the blank:
A helping verb + main verb = ___________
Complete verb
Identify the action verb:
Patricia ordered the pizza over the phone.
ordered
Is the following verb an action or linking verb?
Jack feels tired.
Linking
Identify the complete verb (helping verb + main verb) in the sentence:
The students were skiing down the mountain.
were skiing
How many action verbs are in the following sentence?
I joined the jeopardy game with my team and answered all of the questions correctly.
2 (joined, answered)
Identify the linking verb in this sentence:
Phoebe was so happy to be in school.
was
Identify the complete verb (helping verb + main verb) in the sentence:
Mason and Peter have finished their work.
have finished
Identify the action verb:
Look at this funny cartoon!
Look
The soccer and volleyball teams were early for the tournament.
were
Identify the complete verb (helping verb + main verb) in the sentence:
My sheep have eaten every last blade of grass.
have eaten
Identify all action verbs in this sentence:
She held, cuddled, and played with her new pet lizard.
held, cuddled, played
Is the underlined verb linking or action?
Samantha appeared from behind the tree.
Action
Where is the helping verb located in relation to the main verb?
Before the main verb.