Identifying Verbs

These are words that connect the subject to the predicate.

(Be, am, is, are, was, were, has been, any other form of the verb “be”, become, and seem.) 

Linking Verbs

An action verb is what the subject is DOING.

​Sometimes this is not something that can be seen like "thinking".

Action Verbs

​Types of Verbs

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an ACTION verb?

• Seems

• Whistles

• Works

• Turns

Multiple Choice

Which of the following IS an ACTION verb?

• became

• think

• will be

• was

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION verb: "Swift, an Irish diplomat and author, skillfully used satire for change."

• an

• skillfully

• used

• change

Multiple Choice

What is the LINKING verb: "Raising children as a meat source is certainly a shocking idea."

• Raising

• as

• is

• shocking

Multiple Choice

What is the LINKING verb: "Swift's plan to eat the poor children seems as if it could work."

• plan

• eat

• seems

• work

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION verb: "Satire is a technique that reveals an issue through absurdity."

• absurdity

• through

• reveals

• is

Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION verb: "One major issue that Ireland faced was the oppression by the English."

• oppression

• by

• was

• faced

A subject may have more than one verb as in "Jack walked and whistled."

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Compound Verbs

used with a main verb to help express the main verb's tense, mood, or voice. The main helping verbs are "to be," "to have," and "to do." They appear in the following forms: To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be.

Helping Verbs

​Helping Verbs & Compounds

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Multiple Choice

What is the ACTION verb(s): "Mothers would raise children for the food market."

• would raise

• for the

• food

• market

Multiple Choice

What are the ACTION verb(s): "Greed can lead to a society of poverty and oppression."

• Greed

• can lead

• to a

• poverty and oppression

Multiple Choice

What are the verbs: "People who only like those similar to themselves are missing out on the beauty of variety.

• who only

• like; are missing

• to themselves

• out on; of

Multiple Choice

What are the verbs: "Simple concepts such as love and empathy are too often discarded in favor of self-advancement."

• such as

• in favor

• are discarded

• simple concepts

Multiple Choice

What are the verbs: "While Swift did not actually want people to eat the children of the poor, he did want them to understand their plight."

• While Swift; children of

• did want; to eat; to understand

• not actually; their plight

• the; he; their

Multiple Choice

What are the acting verbs: "Loving one's neighbors is loving one's country."

• loving

• neighbors

• country

• is