Action Verb or Linking?
Transitive or Intransitive?
Name that Helping Verb
Progressive or Perfect Tense
Name that Tense
100
What is the verb? The girl in the red dress is beautiful.
is
100
What is the direct object? I swept the floor.
floor
100
I may go to the zoo with my friends.
may
100
Perfect or Progressive? Which tense uses the present participle?
Progressive
100
Simple, Progressive or Perfect/Present, Past, Future I will be laughing all day.
Future progressive
200
Action or linking? The pizza smells delicious.
Linking
200
Is there a direct object? She ran quickly into the water.
No
200
I have been shopping all day.
have, been
200
Perfect or Progressive? Which tense uses the helping verbs has, had or have?
Perfect
200
Simple, Progressive, Perfect/ Present, Past, Future He has grown three crops of hay.
Present Perfect
300
Action or linking? I feel sick today.
Linking
300
Transitive or Intransitive? I checked the test.
Transitive
300
Joe should have been washing the car.
should, have, been
300
Perfect or progressive? Which tense do you use to show an ongoing action?
Progressive
300
Simple, Progressive, Perfect/ Present, Past, Future She will have cut down her own Christmas tree.
Future perfect
400
Action or linking? I felt the smooth cover on the book.
Action
400
Transitive or Intransitive I smell cookies baking in the oven.
Transitive
400
I may be running.
may, be
400
Which tense is this, perfect or progressive? I have gone to church every Sunday.
Past perfect
400
Simple, Progressive, Perfect/ Present, Past, Future I went to school.
Simple past
500
Action or linking? Trudy looked at the cat.
Action
500
Transitive or Intransitive? Joe quickly hid under the table.
Intransitive
500
I should have been running during the rain storm.
should, have, been
500
Which progressive tense is this? Tommy will be going to the beach on Sunday.
Future progressive
500
Simple, Progressive, Perfect/ Present, Past, Future Sally had ridden the horse to the rodeo.
Past Perfect
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