9th Verbs/Tran-Int/Link-Act

9th Verbs/Tran-Int/Link-Act

By Marco Hernandez

​Read the following statements and choose the correct amount of verbs in the sentence.

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Example​

​Every Saturday morning, Amy and I mow the yard and tend the flower garden.

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Multiple Choice

1. Soon after breakfast, Amy and I go outside and begin our chores.

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Multiple Choice

2. We start early because by noon the weather is usually too hot.

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Multiple Choice

3. The minute the dew dries, Amy says to me, “Grab the lawn mower!”

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Multiple Choice

4. While I cut the grass, Amy edges the lawn.

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Multiple Choice

5. After we neatly clip the grass, we weed the flower garden.

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Multiple Choice

6. I loosen the dirt around the flowers, and my sister pulls the weeds.

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Multiple Choice

7. By noon both the lawn and the garden look decidedly better than they did earlier.

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Multiple Choice

8. Tired and thirsty, we go inside, wash our hands, and eat lunch.

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Multiple Choice

9. Nature, however, stands still for no one.

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Multiple Choice

10. Almost at once, new weeds appear in the garden.

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​Read the following statements and choose whether the underlined verb is transitive or intransitive.

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Example​

​Colonial America offered freedom to a variety of people.

transitive

intransitive

Multiple Choice

11. In the 1600s, English taxes supported the Church of England.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

12. Some people considered the taxes unfair.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

13. For others, the Americas provided an opportunity for religious freedom.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

15. Victims of religious intolerance sought an escape from persecution.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

16. The Puritans, for example, disagreed with many Church of England policies.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

17. As a result, some Puritans left England.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

18. This religious group founded settlements in Virginia and New England.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

19. Indentured servants also traveled to American shores.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

Multiple Choice

20. The poor of England desired economic opportunity.

• transitive verb

• intransitive verb

​Read the following verbs and choose whether they are physical, mental or no action verbs.

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Example​

​imagine

physical

mental

no action

Multiple Choice

21. seem

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

22. dream

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

23. type

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

24. stomp

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

25. is

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

26. regret

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

27. ski

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

28. fly

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

29. was

• physical

• mental

• no action

Multiple Choice

30. forget

• physical

• mental

• no action

​Read the following statements, identify the linking verb and then choose the word or words that the verb connects.

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Example​

This yogurt smells sour.

this

yogurt

sour

Multiple Select

31. Mother felt ill this morning.

• mother

• ill

• this

• morning

Multiple Select

32. Shirley is the secretary and the treasurer of the class.

• Shirley

• secretary

• treasurer

• class

Multiple Select

33. The bread on the counter smelled delicious.

• bread

• the counter

• delicious

Multiple Select

34. Connie grew bored and restless toward the end of the movie.

• Connie

• bored

• restless

• movie

Multiple Select

35. Affie seemed confused by the directions that you gave him.

• Affie

• confused

• directions

​Read the following statements, identify the verb phrase and type it down. If there are more than one, you type ONLY one.

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Example​

Our class has been studying the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

has been studying

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