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Linking Verbs
Action Verbs
State-of-Being Verbs
Helping Verbs
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100

What is a linking verb?

What is a connection between a subject to a description.

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

Identify the 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 subject(s) and verb(s): Sondra sprinted during the race.

Subject: Sondra

Verb: sprinted

200

What is the linking verb in the following sentence: The food was delicious.

What is was.

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

Identify the state-of-being verb in the following sentence: The teacher was excited to read his students' stories.

What is excited.

200
Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.
What is was.
200

Identify the subject(s) and verb(s): Harry had tasted the spicy salsa.

Subject: Harry

Verb phrase: had tasted

300

What is the adjective in the following sentence? The popcorn was perfect!

What is perfect.

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 state-of-being 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

Identify the subject(s) and verb(s): Betty and Laura seemed sick all morning.

Subjects: Betty, Laura

Verb: seemed

400

What is the subject in the following sentence containing a linking verb: The two stepsisters in Cinderella are evil.

What is stepsisters.

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

What is "was" and "Marsha".

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

Identify the subject(s) and verb(s): Samantha will not plan on a new dessert for the dinner tonight.

Subject: Samantha

Verb: will plan

500

Identify the subject AND linking verb in the following sentence: Cinderella was terribly lonely.

What is Cinderella and lonely.

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 state-of-being verb, the subject, and the adjective in the following sentence: Yesterday, the cookies were delicious.

What is cookies (subject), were (verb), and delicious (adjective).

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

Identify the subject(s) and verb(s): One of the girls won't go to the game this weekend.

Subject: One

Verbs: will go