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Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
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100
Action Verb
What is a word that expresses a physical or mental activity
100

Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Santa walked to the toy shop.

What is walked.

100

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: She is the best toy maker.

What is is.

100

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

What is is.

100

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Santa sprinted during the race.

What is sprinted (AV).

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: Rudolph led Santa's sleigh.

What is led.

200

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The elves were fast workers!

What is were.

200

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: Luke was watching the reindeer.

What is was.

200

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Hannah tasted the hot cocoa.

What is tasted (AV).

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: Mr. House questioned the literacy teachers about their fun Jeopardy game.

What is questioned.

300

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the holidays, Santa and Mrs. Claus were sad.

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 verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Rudolph had the brightest nose!

What is had (LV).

400
Subject
What is what the entire sentence is about.
400

Identify the action verb in the following sentence: The elves were dancing the night away.

What is dancing.

400

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being "linked": Frosty the Snowman was fearful of melting!

Linking verb is was and Frosty is being linked to fearful.

400

Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence: This morning, Gabby should have been looking for the Elf on the Shelf.

What is sould, have and been.

400

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Samantha is planning to go to the parade.

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

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. Claus listened to the Christmas music.

What is action = listened and subject = Mrs. Claus.

500

Identify the linking verb(s) in the following sentence and ALSO state what is being "linked": Yesterday, the cookies were 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 Christmas parade?

What is will and be.

500

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Lucas should have been sleeping.

What is should (HV), have (HV), been (HV), & sleeping (AV).