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Verb/Action Verb
Helping Verb
Linking Verb
100
What is a verb?
It is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
100

Identify the helping verb. 

Miles has 3 sisters who he helps watch.

has

100
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb joins the subject and predicate of a sentence.
200

Which of the following is not an action verb?

raced, flip, could, bring, talking

could

200

Which of these words is a helping verb?

jumped, walk, think, had

had

200
What is the linking verb in this sentence? Beth's clothes are muddy because she fell off the slide.
are
300
What is the action verb in this sentence? The girls danced in the recital.
danced
300

Identify the helping verb. Nick will eat spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight.

Will

300
Circle the linking verb in each sentence. The large, barking dogs were scary.
were
400

What is the action verb in each of these sentences? Our mailman drove a funny car last week. His teacher wrote the answers on the board. Alice worked on her homework last night.

1-drove 2-wrote 3-worked

400

Identify the helping verb. Mallory is walking to the park.

is

400

What is the linking verb? My socks are in the top dresser drawer.

are

500

How many verbs are in this sentence?

Santa will bring presents to the children while they are sleeping.

3

500

Circle the main verb in each sentence. Underline the helping verb. The dogs are sleeping on the bed.

Main- Sleeping Helping- are

500
What is the linking verb in this sentence? There were five fish in the aquarium.
were