Find the Verb
Identify the verb: The students eagerly opened their notebooks.
Opened
Identify the helping verb and main verb: She is reading a mystery novel.
helping: is, main: reading
Identify the type of verb: The soup tastes delicious.
Linking — tastes connects soup to delicious
The girl kicked the soccer ball. Classify kicked.
Transitive — direct object: soccer ball
The sky became dark. Identify the verb and its type.
became — linking verb
Identify both verbs: Marcus grabbed his backpack and hurried outside.
Grabbed and hurried
Identify the helping verb and main verb: They have completed the assignment.
helping: have; main: completed
Identify the type of verb: The chef tasted the soup.
Action — tasted describes what the chef did
The baby laughed loudly. Classify laughed.
Intransitive — no direct object
The boys were playing basketball. Identify the helping and main verbs.
were — helping; playing — main action verb
Identify the complete verb phrase: The children have been practicing all afternoon.
have been practicing
Identify the helping verbs and main verb: We will be leaving tomorrow.
Helping: will, be; main: leaving
Identify the type of verb: The flowers grew taller.
Linking — grew connects flowers to taller
The author wrote a novel. Classify wrote.
Transitive — direct object: novel
The musician played the piano. Identify the verb and whether it is transitive.
played — transitive action verb; direct object: piano
Identify both verbs: The nervous speaker paused but continued her presentation.
paused and continued
Identify the helping verbs and main verb: He should have studied for the exam.
Helping: should, have; main: studied
Identify the type of verb: The children grew tomatoes.
Action — grew describes what they did
The athletes ran around the track. Classify ran.
Intransitive — around the track is a prepositional phrase
The musician played beautifully. Identify the verb and whether it is transitive.
played — intransitive action verb; no direct object
Identify the complete verb phrases: The team might have won if they had practiced harder.
might have won; had practiced
Identify the helping verbs and main verb: The project could have been finished yesterday.
Helping: could, have, been; main: finished
Identify the type of each verb: The dog smelled the food, but the food smelled terrible.
First smelled: action; second smelled: linking
The teacher spoke to the students. Classify spoke.
Intransitive — to the students is a prepositional phrase, not a direct object
The students have been working quietly. Identify every verb and its job.
have and been — helping; working — main, action, intransitive