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What is a Verb?
Principal Parts
Irregular Verbs
Simple Tenses
Troublesome Verb Pairs
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The two main types of verbs are _________ and __________.
What is action and linking?
100
The four basic principal verb parts are:
What is present, present participle, past, past participle?
100
Irregular verbs are verbs whose past and past participle forms are _____ ________ by adding -d or -ed to the present.
What is not formed?
100
The three simple tenses are:
What is past, present, future?
100
"Lie" means to _______ or _______. "Lay" means to _______ or ________ something.
What is to "rest or recline" and "put or place"
200
Action verbs can be _______ or _________.
What is physical or mental?
200
____________ ________ are used with the present and past participle forms.
What is helping verbs?
200
Choose the correct verb: In the early 1900's, people (saw, seen) silent movies at little theaters called nickelodeons.
What is saw?
200
The ______________ form of a verb shows an action or condition in progress.
What is progressive?
200
Sit means ____________. Set means ___________________________.
What is "to be in a seat" and "to put or place something"?
300
A linking verb links the subject to a word in the ___________.
What is predicate?
300
____________ ______ past and past participle forms are made by adding -d, or -ed to the present form.
What is regular verbs?
300
Choose the correct verb: How many different languages are (spoke, spoken) in Europe?
What is spoken?
300
Identify the tense used: We will clean the carpets.
What is future?
300
Change the verb to its correct form: Please sit the box down on the table.
What is set?
400
The combination of one or more helping verbs with a main verb is called a ________ _________.
What is verb phrase?
400
Identify the principal part of the following verb: Mr. Ortiz has appeared with his orchestra in the holiday concerts.
What is past participle?
400
Change to the correct verb: The thieves have (steal) our sandwiches.
What is "stolen"
400
Identify the verb: The woman next door is painting her house.
What is present progressive?
400
Change the verb to its correct form: Yesterday the architect lay out the blueprints for the house.
What is "laid"?
500
Tell me the 23 helping verbs.
What is be, am, is, are, was, were, been, being, do, does, did, may, might, must, have, has, had, could, would, should, can, shall, will?
500
Fix the following verb into it's correct form: The interviewer is (ask) the movie star about her upcoming film.
What is asking?
500
What is the correct verb: We (see) the giraffes in the zoo yesterday.
What is "saw"
500
Identify the tense: Will you still be working when my guests arrive?
What is future progressive?
500
Choose the correct verb. The pilot (rises, raises) the flaps on the airplane.
What is raises?