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Action Verbs
Helping Verbs
Helping Verbs
Linking Verbs
Which Verb
100
What do action verbs do?
show action
100
When helping verbs are added to a main action verb, what is created?
a verb phrase
100
Name the helping verb in the sentence. I was skating yesterday.
was
100
What do linking verbs do?
connect or link the subject to words that describe or rename it
100

Name the action verb. I read 20 minutes every day.

read
200
What are the two ways or forms that actions verbs come?
mental or visible
200
Up to how many helping verbs can be in a verb phrase?
3
200
Name the helping verbs in the sentence. I will be running in the race tomorrow.
will be
200
Name the FIVE of the eight most common linking verbs.
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been
200

Name the linking verb. I am sorry I hurt your feelings.

am

300
Name the action verb and tell whether it's mental or visible. I forgot Sally's birthday.
forgot/mental
300
Where is the main/action verb always located in a verb phrase?
last or at the end
300
Name the helping verbs in the sentence. I could have been shopping today, but the store closed.
could have been
300
Name SIX of the twelve verbs that can be linking or action depending on how they are used.
appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn
300

Name the helping verb. Maria can ride her sister's bike.

can

400
Name the action verb and tell whether it's mental or visible. I chewed my food slowly.
chewed/visible
400
What type of verb is the main verb in a verb phrase?
action
400
Name the entire verb phrase in the sentence. I should be studying now.
should be studying
400
What is the test to tell if a verb is linking or action?
replace the verb with a common linking verb, if the sentence makes sense, the verb is linking, in not, it's action
400

Name the verb phrase. I should have been happy, but I wanted to cry!

should have been

500
Use a mental AND visible action verb in ONE sentence.
vary
500
What word and type of word often separate a verb phrase?
NOT (IS NOT A VERB!!!) & adverbs
500
Name the entire verb phrase in the sentence. You could have been sleeping when she called.
could have been sleeping
500
Use SMELL as a linking AND action verb in a sentence.
Examples: Linking: The soup smells spicy. (The soup IS spicy.) Action: I smelled the spicy soup. (I am the spicy soup???)
500

Identify the verbs and tell the verb type in the sentence.  Plants can grow quickly with water or die without water.

can is a helping verb; grow is an action verb;

die is an action verb