Linking and action verbs

Action and linking verbs

Multiple Choice

What does a linking verb do?

• Gives us more information about a noun

• Joins two sentences together

• Tells us what action happened

• names a person, place or thing

Multiple Choice

What does an action verb do?

• Tells us about the action that someone or something is doing.

• Tells us more information about the noun.

• Tells us what something is called.

• Joins two sentences together

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the following sentence?

Jenny is a smart girl who plays football.

• is

• smart

• football

• plays

Multiple Choice

What is the linking verb in the following sentence?

Jenny is a smart girl who plays football.

• Jenny

• is
• plays

• smart

Multiple Choice

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence

Haydn has a cool schoolbag.

• has
• cool

• schoolbag

• Haydn

Multiple Choice

Identify the action verb in the following sentence.

Clams close their shells when there is danger.

• Clams

• danger

• shells

• close

Multiple Choice

What tense should facts be written in?

• Present tense

• Past tense

Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct word in following sentence.

Butterflies turned into pupas.