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Definitions
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Verb Phrase
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Action Verb
What is a word that expresses a physical or mental activity?
100
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: She was gossiping about him behind his back.
What is gossiping?
100
A word that connects the verb with a word after the verb that identifies or describes it.
What is a linking verb?
100
Aid in forming a verb phrase
What are helping verbs?
100
Helping verb(s) + Main action verb
What is the equation for a verb phrase?
200
Linking Verb
What is a verb that connects the verb with a word after the verb that identifies or describes it.
200
thought, worried
What is a mental action?
200
Identify the linking verb: He is a very intelligent student.
What is is?
200
23
How many helping verbs are there?
200
Identify the verb phrase: She should have told him the truth, but she didn't want to get in trouble.
What is should have told?
300
Helping Verb
What is a verb that helps the main verb in a verb phrase?
300
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: She helped the old man across the street.
What is helped?
300
can be, could be
What are examples of linking verbs?
300
am, is, are, was, were
What are examples of helping verbs?
300
Identify the verb phrase: She was talking loudly to get the teacher's attention, but it didn't work.
What is was talking?
400
Verb Phrase
What is a phrase consisted of one or more verbs?
400
talked, wrote
What is a physical action?
400
appear, become, grow
What are linking verbs that don't look like "be" verbs?
400
Identify the helping verb here: She should have been studying, but instead she was playing games.
What is should have been?
400
True or False - Have is a verb phrase.
What is false? Verb phrases must have a helping AND main action verb.
500
State of being Verbs
What are verbs without any action, in which you just "be."
500
Words that express an action.
What is an action verb?
500
Identify the linking verb: She was talking to her friend, when he rudely interrupted their conversation.
What is was?
500
Identify the helping verb: She could have went to the mall, but instead she stayed home.
What is could have?
500
Identify the main verb in this verb phrase - could have been searching
What is searching?