Definitions
Define: Action Verb
What is a word that shows action, or what someone does?
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walked to the mall.
What is walked?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: She is a very smart girl.
What is is?
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.
What is is?
Identify the verbs in the following sentence AND state which type it is: Sondra sprinted during the race.
What is sprinted? What is an action verb?
Define: Linking Verb
What is a word that tells what someone or something is or is like?
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sheila drove her car into the bridge.
What is drove?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The teacher became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.
What is became?
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.
What is was?
Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type it is: Harry tasted the spicy salsa.
What is tasted? What is an action verb.
Define: Helping Verb
What is a verb that comes before a main verb and tells more about the action?
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Alex and Marsha questioned Mr. Schlote about his fabulously decorated star shirt.
What is questioned?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the basketball game, we were sweaty.
What is were?
Identify the two helping verbs in the following sentence: The dancers should have practiced their routine before the performance.
What is should and have?
Identify the verb in the following sentence AND state which type it is: Betty seemed sick all morning.
What is seemed? What is a linking verb?
Define: Subject
What is what the entire sentence is about?
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Luke and Samantha were dancing the night away at the prom.
What is dancing?
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Marsha was extremely upset about her failing grade on the test.
What is was?
Identify the three helping verbs in the following sentence: In the morning, Gabby could have been looking over her notes for the test.
What is could, have and been?
Identify the two verbs in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Is Samantha planning on a new shirt for the dance tonight?
What is is? What is a helping verb? What is planning? What is an action verb?
Define: Main verb
What is the verb that tells the action when a verb is more than one word?
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Mrs. Munday should have listened to the instructions from the policeman.
What is listened?
Identify the two linking verbs in the following sentence: Yesterday, the cookies tasted delicious, but now they are moldy.
What is tasted and are?
Identify the two helping verbs in the following sentence: Will you be attending the church service on Sunday?
What is will and be?
Identify the five verbs in the following sentence AND state which type they are: Lucas would have been sleeping if he was tired.
What is would? What is a helping verb?
What is have? What is a helping verb?
What is been? What is a helping verb?
What is sleeping? What is a main verb (or action verb)?
What is was. What is a linking verb?