Action Verb or Linking?
Transitive & Intransitive
Progressive or Perfect Tense?
Name that Tense
Subject Complements
100

What is the verb? The girl in the red dress is beautiful.

is

100

What is the direct object/receiver? I swept the floor.

floor

100
Perfect or Progressive? Which tense uses the present participle?
Progressive
100

I will be laughing all day.

Future progressive

100

Find the subject complement. Aang is an airbender.

airbender

200

Action or linking? The pizza smells delicious.

Linking

200

Is there a direct object/receiver? She ran quickly into the water.

No

200
Perfect or Progressive? Which tense uses the helping verbs has, had or have?
Perfect
200

He has grown three crops of hay.

Present Perfect

200

Find the subject complement. We were shocked when we heard the news.

shocked

300

Action or linking? I feel sick today.

Linking

300

Transitive or Intransitive? I checked the test.

Transitive

300
Perfect or progressive? Which tense do you use to show an ongoing action?
Progressive
300

She will have cut down her own Christmas tree.

Future perfect

300
Find the subject complement. His plants look healthy.

healthy

400

Action or linking? I felt the smooth cover on the book.

Action

400

Transitive or Intransitive? I smell cookies baking in the oven.

Transitive

400

Which tense is this? I have gone to church every Sunday.

Past perfect

400

I went to school.

Simple past

400

Find the linking verb AND the subject complement. I was dizzy after that ride.

was, dizzy

500

Action or linking? Trudy looked at the cat.

Action

500

Transitive or Intransitive? Joe quickly hid under the table.

Intransitive

500

Which tense is this? Tommy will be going to the beach on Sunday.

Future progressive

500

Sally had ridden the horse to the rodeo.

Past Perfect

500

Find the linking verb AND the subject complement. The 8th graders will be alumni of Saint Mary School in a few weeks.

will be, alumni