Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Identify the verb and whether it is an action verb or linking verb.
Look at the moon with binoculars.
Look- Action
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The dogs in the yard are noisy.
Predicate Adjective
Identify the verb and label it present tense, past tense, present progressive, or past progressive.
Some animals in colder climates hibernate during the winter.
Identify the verb and label it present perfect, past perfect, future, or future perfect.
Andrew Jackson had favored state-chartered banks over a federal bank.
Favored- Past Perfect
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I (bit, bitten) into the apple.
Bit
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Early Astronomers gave the dark areas names.
Gave- action
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The roads look icy.
Predicate Adjective
Identify the verb and label it present tense, past tense, present progressive, or past progressive.
In the cave, bats were hanging upside down.
Hanging- Past progressive
Identify the verb and label it present perfect, past perfect, future, or future perfect.
By the end of February, I will have read the entire series.
Read- Future Perfect
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Lou (left, leaved) a message on the answering machine about when he would be home.
Left
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Galileo made drawings of the moon in 1609.
Made- Action
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Mali never feeds her dog table scraps.
Indirect Object
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Dew formed on their bodies.
Formed- Past tense
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The boat has disappeared from view.
Disappeared- Present Perfect
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My brother and Luis (did, done) his math assignment during study hall.
Did
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They are useful tools for astronomers.
Are- Linking
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We built a birdhouse from a kit.
Direct Object
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Frogs sleep at the bottom of ponds.
Sleep- Present Tense
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I had copied the files onto the hard drive of my computer.
Copied- Past Perfect
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The eagle (flew, flown) to its aerie, or nest, high in the treetop.
Flew
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Senator John Glenn was an astronaut.
Was- Linking
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The tree over there is a maple.
Predicate Noun
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People are hoping for no groundhog's shadow on Groundhog Day.
Hoping- Present progressive
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My family will visit Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks next summer.
Write the right verb form from the choices in parentheses.
During the ice dance, the skaters (spun, spinned) in circles.
Spun