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Verb and Type
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A verb is a word that expresses:

What is "an action OR a state of being."

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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

Name a verb that can be a linking verb but not an action verb.

Answers vary (is, was, were, are, become, seem, etc.)

100
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Sondra sprinted during the race.
What is sprinted (AV).
200

What an action verb does (include the 2 categories):

What is "expresses a physical or mental action."

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

Name a verb that can be an action verb but not a linking verb.

Answers vary

200
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Harry tasted the spicy salsa.
What is tasted (AV).
300

What a linking verb does:

What is "expresses a state of being" or "connects a noun/pronoun to something that describes it."

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

Name a verb that can be an action verb OR a linking verb depending on how it is used.

Answers vary (look, smell, sound, taste, turn, grew, etc.)

300

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

What is had (HV), seemed (LV).

400

What a helping verb does:

What is "help the main verb in a verb phrase."

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

Write a sentence that uses a linking verb.

Answers vary.

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 (AV).
500

Explain why the verb in this phrase is "was" and not "exciting."

The amusement park was exciting and crowded.

"Was" is linking "the amusement park" to the adjective "exciting." It is being used to help describe something about the amusement park.

Nothing in the sentence is doing something/exciting somebody.

500

Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Mrs. Jackson should have remained quiet and listened to the instructions from the policeman.

What is listened

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

Write a sentence that uses both a linking AND action verb.

Answers vary

500

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Lucas would have been sleeping if he was tired.

What is would (HV), have (HV), been (HV), sleeping (AV), was (LV).