Action and Linking Verbs Also, direct objects)
What is the linking verb?
The tide is low.
Remember: linking verbs don't show action
1. is
Write the past version of these words:
carry=
plot=
bury=
1. carried
2. plotted
3. buried
Write the contraction for each pair of words.
will not
can not
cannot
did not
1. won't
2. can't
3. can't
4. didn't
Say the perfect tense.
My dad has taught me a lot.
I will have visited five countries soon.
Perfect tenses describe actions that have been completed.
1. has taught (present)
2. will have visited (future)
Choose the correct verb.
Autumn on September 21. (began, begun)
The butterflies have to warmer winter homes. (went, gone)
1. began
2. gone
A few horses stood in the stalls.
Draw a line between the subject and predicate:
The show lasts all weekend
1. stood
2. Between show and lasts
Each band in size. (vary, varies)
varies (a band of gorrillas is more than one gorrila)
Underline the progressive form and say whether it was past, present, or future.
We will be watching soccer soon.
I am learning stuff.
Rick Brown was working on his math skills.
Remember, the progressive form shows ongoing or continuous action.
1. Underline will be focusing. Future.
2. Underline am learning. Present.
3. Underline was working. Past.
Say if the tense is correct or not.
As the bottle spins, they created wind.
Animals eat food which give them more energy.
1. Incorrect
2. Correct
Write the past form of the verb:
The colder weather has some birds to places. (bring)
We have about these birds. (write)
1. brought
2. written
What is the direct object in each sentence?
Our neighborhood had power again!
Deep snow blocked the streets.
I locked the door.
1. power (what did the neighborhood have again?)
2. the streets
3. door
Write the past or present form of the verb:
Mrs. Davis great costumes. (create)
Females less than males. (weigh)
1. created
2. weighs
Write the verb phrase. Draw one line under the helping verb and two under the the main verb.
She had purchased her tickets online.
Everyone will need a boarding pass later at the gate.
Remember, together the main and helping verb form a verb phrase (e.i.: has planned).
1. had (helping) purchased (main)
2. will (helping) need (main)
Write teach or learn in the blank.
You can a young dog tricks.Young dog can tricks.
1. teach
2. learn
Write the past form in the blank:
They have only a few feet underground for the winter. (go)
The Arctic tern has over 20,000 miles. (fly)
1. went
2. flown
Write the linking verb and noun or adjective that the verbs links to the subject.
This beach seems perfect to me.
I am curious about animals.
1. seems perfect (What does it seem? Perfect.)
2. am curious. (What are you curious about? Animals.)
Write the correct tense for each one.
We the supreme court tomorrow. (visit)
Now the bill on the president's desk. (sit)
Members of congress our nation's laws. (make)
1. will visit
2. sits
3. make
Find the verb phrase, put one line under the helping verb and two under the main verb.
Mrs. White removes her shoes and belt.
Now the Whites should proceed to the gate.
Remember, helping and linking are different. Linking is asking what while helping helps the main verb show action.
1. removes (there is no helping)
2. should (helping) proceed (main)
What is off with the sentences.
The piping hot water creates steam and the steam turned the the turbines to create electricity.
For example, we built windows in our homes to let in light.
1. Turns not turned.
2. build not built
Complete it with past forms of irregular verbs.
They also fat by eating extra food.One of our neighbors us a letter.
1. grew
2. sent
Draw a line under the verb. Draw two under the direct object. If there is no direct object put no DO.
Then some of my friends arrived.
My friends and I played a game.
Remember, a direct object answers what or whom.
1. Put a line under arrived. No DO.
2. Put a line under played and two under game.
The right tool makes a jobs easier. Monkeys knows that. They use their hands to dig in the ground.
What is wrong with one of these sentences?
Know not knows.
Fill in the blanks.
In class, we about all different primates. (learn)
learned
Find the error:
Provide a treat and words of praise. Otherwise, your dog might set down and not take part in the next session.
1. sit not set.
Find the error:
The salmon swum hard against the rushing water. She jumped the waterfalls. Sometimes she almost flied threw the air! Some salmon have went as far as 2000 miles upstream.
swam not swum
flew not flied