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Definitions
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Tenses
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Action Verb
What is a word that expresses a physical or mental activity
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

He competed against many other athletes.

competed = PAST

200
Linking Verb
What is a word that connects the subject to something about the subject
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 teacher became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.
What is became.
200
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.
What is was.
200

The bird soars over the town every morning.    

soars = PRESENT

300
Helping Verb
What is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase
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 have practiced their routine before the performance.
What is should and have.
300

He began his career in 1915.

began = PAST

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 ALSO state what is being "linked": 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: In the morning, Gabby could have been looking over her notes for the test.
What is could, have and been.
400

My dad will give me a new bike.

will give = FUTURE

500
Define: action, linking and helping verb
What is: action- a word that expresses a physical or mental activity; linking- a word that connects the subject to something else about the subject; helping- a verb that helps the main verb in the verb phrase
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 "linked": Yesterday, the cookies tasted delicious, but now they are moldy.
What is tasted and are. Cookies is being linked to delicious AND they is being linked to moldy.
500
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Will you be attending the church service on Sunday?
What is will and be.
500

The quiet man muttered.    

muttered = PAST