Action or Linking
Verb Phrases
Past / Past Participle
Choose a Verb
transitive/intransitive
Anything Goes
100

Two boys tasted the dirt pie.

is the verb action or linking

taste = action

100

Name the verb phrase: Sally is going to eat at the mall.

is going

100

use the correct form of run

I have ______ in that marathon before.

run

100

lie or lay

Go to your room and _____ in your bed!

lie

100

Mary dedicated her life to service and prayer.

dedicated life - transitive

100

The girl ordered two large pizzas for dinner.

Active or Passive voice

active

200

My heart grew fond of the puppy.

is the verb action or linking

grew = linking

200

We should have gone to mass earlier today.

should have gone

200

correct form of take

Mary and John have _________ the canned goods to the homeless shelter.

taken

200

Sit or set

Please _______ the computer on the table.

set

200

Mary fell off of the bike and cried.

fell - intransitive

200

The tower of Legos was knocked over by the excited toddler.

Active or Passive

Passive

300

The child appeared sad as he entered the game.

is the verb Action or linking

appeared = linking

300

Name the verb phrase: I shouldn't have called her that ugly name.

should have called

300

Correct form of come

Bill has _______ over to my house several times before.

come

300

affect or effect

The _______ of your bad grades has _________ your chance of getting a scholarship.


The EFFECT of your bad grades has AFFECTED your chance of getting a scholarship.

300

The teacher did not accept the torn and tattered homework assignment.

did accept assignment - transitive
300

Give a compound sentence about Halloween that uses active voice in one half and passive voice in the other half

Example:

All of my candy was eaten by my brother, so I took his candy.

400

Give a sentence with look as a linking verb.

EX: The project looked perfect.

400

Name the subject and verb phrase: When will you be going to Mary's house?

will be going

400

Correct form of eat

Kate has _______ all of my Hot Tamales.

eaten

400

lie or lay ( correct tense)

After the test, the student _____ the paper down and went back to their desk.

laid

400

Along the highway, the homeless man wished prayerfully for a generous person to come by.

wished - intranstive

400

give a compound/complex sentence about Halloween

EX:

When we went trick or treating, we visited all of the houses on my block, and we collected five buckets of candy.

500

Give a compound sentence that uses SMELL  as a linking and action verb.

We smelled the cheese, and it smelled disgusting.

500

Name the subject and verb phrase: The mom and daughter won't be attending the lunch.

mom and daughter will be attending

500

correct tense of lie

My lazy friend has ______ on the beach all day today

lain

500

lie/lay  rise/raise

Yesterday he _____ on his bed all day.  He finally ____ up and got some dinner.

lay/rose

500

Use eat as a transitive verb and intransitive verb in the a complex sentence starting with because.

Because we did not eat neatly last night we did not get to eat our snack in the living room.
500

Give one sentence about carving pumpkins that uses one collective, one concrete, and one abstract noun

Excitement was in the air as our class carved the pumpkin.