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Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
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Action Verb

What is a word that shows what is being done

100
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walked to the mall.
What is walked.
100

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: She is a very smart girl.

What is is.

100

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.

What is is.

100

Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Sondra sprinted during the race.

What is sprinted (AV).

200

Linking Verb

What is a word that connects the subject to descriptive words

200
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sheila drove her car into the bridge.
What is drove.
200

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The teachers are disappointed with the students' behavior.

What is are.

200

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.

What is was.

200

Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Harry tasted the spicy salsa.

What is tasted (AV).

300

Helping Verb

What is a verb that helps the main verb because the main verb cannot stand by itself

300
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Alex and Marsha questioned Mr. Schlote about his fabulously decorated star shirt.
What is questioned.
300

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the basketball game, we were sweaty.

What is were.

300

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: The dancers should practice their routine before the performance.

What is should 

300

Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Betty seemed sick all morning.

What is seemed (LV).

400

Subject

What is what the entire sentence is about.

400
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Luke and Samantha were dancing the night away at the prom.
What is dancing.
400

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence and what is describing the subject: Marsha was extremely upset about her failing grade on the test.

What is was and Marsha is being linked to upset.

400

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Gabby could look over her test but does not want to.

What is could

400

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Is Samantha planning on a new shirt for the dance tonight?

What is is (HV) and planning (MV).

500

Define: action, linking and helping verb

What is: action- a word that shows what is being done; linking- a word that connects the subject to descriptive words; helping- a verb that helps the main verb because it cannot stand alone

500
Identify the action verb AND the subject in the following sentence: Mrs. Munday should have listened to the instructions from the policeman.
What is action = listened and subject = Mrs. Munday.
500

Identify the linking verb(s) in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being described: Those donuts were amazing!

What is were and donuts.

500

Identify the helping verb and main verb in the following sentence: Will you attend the church service on Sunday?

What is will-helping and attend-main

500

Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Lucas would go to the movies.

What is would-HV go-MV