Linking Verb
Identify the linking verb.
The pizza smelled delicious.
Smelled
Identify the separated verb phrase.
She has already finished her homework.
Has and finished
What is an action verb?
A word used to show an action.
Identify the helping verb
She is reading her favorite book.
Is
Are verbals verbs?
No, they do not carry the main action of the sentence.
What is a linking verb?
Verbs that indicate a state of being
Are there any separated verb phrases?
He will have completed the project by the time the meeting starts
No, the verb phrase is "will have completed" and they are not separated.
Identify the mental or physical action
She keeps running every morning, even when it rains heavily.
What are helping verbs?
Identify the verbal in the sentence and tell its type
Running every morning keeps her healthy and energetic
Gerund
Identify the linking verb
After a long day at school, Maria became tired and grumpy
Became
Identify the separated verb phrase.
By the time we got to the meeting, he had not been paying attention to the discussion.
Had, and been paying
Identify the mental and physical action.
She planned the party while decorating the hall.
Planned: Mental action
Decorating: Physical action
Identify the helping verb(s)
He should not have been waiting so long for the bus.
Should have been
What are the three types of verbals?
Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
Is grew a linking verb? Why or why not?
The children grew vegetables in the garden.
No, grew is an action verb (shows what the children did
Are should and have been expected separated verb phrases?
The committee should never have been expected to reach a unanimous decision so quickly.
Yes
Identify the three mental and/or physical actions
The detective thought, examined, and questioned witnesses throughout the night.
Examined, question: Physical action
Thought: Mental action
Identify the action verb(s)
He should have been working on the project, but he got distracted by his phone.
Should have been
Identify the verbal in the sentence and tell its type
The man to win the award looked extremely nervous on stage.
Infinitive
Is there a linking verb? If so, what is it?
Despite her nervousness, the speaker remained poised throughout the presentation.
Remained
Sometimes a helping verb and the main verb may be _________.
Separated
Identify the three mental and/or physical actions
The student pondered the question, wrote the answer, and checked it twice before submitting.
Question: Identify all the action verbs.
Pondered: Mental action
Wrote, checked: Physical actions.
Identify all action verbs
She was considering the problem carefully while tapping her fingers on the desk, pacing around the room, and muttering under her breath
Tapping, pacing, muttering
Identify all the verbals in the sentence and their types
Having been warned repeatedly, the students, hoping to avoid detention, quietly left the classroom.
Hoping is a participle