Verbs 1
All verbs are action words. True or False?
What is False?
Identify the action verb: I discovered the cure to the disease.
What is "discovered"?
Adjectives are words that describe nouns by ______________________,
What is modifying or changing nouns?
An adverb is a word that modifies or describes ______, ______, and other _______.
What is verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
A verb is a word that can express ________ or ________.
What is action or state of being?
Identify the action verb: I exchanged numbers with my new friend.
What is "exchanged"?
You don't need an adjective in a sentence for it to make sense. True or False?
What is true?
Usually, but not always, the way to make an adverb is to take an adjective and add an -____ ending to it.
What is -ly ending?
We use a linking verb when we want to ___________.
What is connect or link the noun (subject) to the rest of the sentence?
Identify the linking verb: Rebecca is tall for her age.
What is "is"?
Identify the adjective. The important papers were left on the table.
What is "important"?
The adverb of the adjective "cheerful" is _______.
What is "cheerfully"?
Give 3 examples of an action verb.
Many possible answers.
Identify the linking verb. These shoes are too small for me now.
What is "are"?
Many possible answers.
Identify what the adverb modifies/describes. His sister immediately said no.
What is "immediately" modifies/describes "said" (verb).
Give 3 examples of a linking verb.
Many possible answers.
Identify the linking verb. Navneet became sleepy after the big dinner.
What is "became"?
Identify the adjective. Anthony will be leaving Winnipeg on Monday afternoon.
What is "Monday"?
Identify the adjective(s) and adverb(s). My little sister excitedly jumped into the huge pile of leaves.
"little" and "huge" are adjectives.
"excitedly" is an adverb.