Action verbs
What is an action verb?
A word to describe action, state, or occurrence.
How many different types of verbs does this jeopardy have?
What is the linking verb in this sentence?”
Is
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies the verb.(usually ends in “ly”)
What are the verbs in this sentence? “I shot the basketball 68.41 feet, and made it.”
Shot, made
What type of verb is this word “is”?
Linking
What Is the linking verb in this sentence? “The Mandarin test was not that hard, yet I still flunked it.”
Was
What is the adverb in this sentence? “I rapidly ran to the car.”
Rapidly
What are the verbs in this sentence? “I threw the football 41.9 feet, only to find it land on someone’s head, and knock them unconscious.”
Threw, land, knock
What type of verb is this word “am”?
Helping
What is the linking verb in this sentence? “She will be president someday.”
Will be
What is the adverb in this sentence? “Our basketball team absolutely destroyed the other team 69-23”
Absolutely
Is unconscious an action verb?
No
What type of verb is this word “accelerate”?
Action
What is a linking verb?
A word that links the subject with the predicate.
Which of the following is not an adverb: slowly, chilly, ridiculously, rightly, wrongly, firstly, lastly
Chilly
What are the action verbs in this sentence? “The Minecraft World Record was broken in 9 minutes and 36 seconds, making it a near unbeatable record, but people think the record was unofficial, because he stopped the game.”
Broken, making, think, stopped
What type of verb is this word “slowly”?
Adverb
What is the most common helping verb?
To be
Yes