Identifying Verbs and Verb Phrases

Verbs Review

Fill in the Blanks

tell what the noun or pronoun in a sentence is doing.

Multiple Select

There are three types of verbs. _________, __________, and _______ (select all that apply)

• Helping

• Action

• Linking

• Stuff

Helping Verbs 

• Helps the other verb make sense and creates a verb phrase

• Example: I should have taken the flight to Chicago. 

• "should have" is the verb phrase

Linking Verbs

• Links the subject to the rest of the sentence and provides more information

• Example: I am tired. 

  
  

• "am" is the linking verb. 

• Other linking verbs are is, was, were, appear become, feel, has been, have been, will be

Multiple Select

What are the linking verbs? (Select all that apply)

• am

• is

• was

• were

• would

Action Verbs

• Tells what the subject is doing in a sentence. 

• Squidward is flying through the air. 

• He read us a story. 

• She is laughing at me. 

• These are verbs that end in ing or ed. 

Select the verb in this sentence. 

Carleton danced when Uncle Phil told him he could take the car. 

Multiple Choice

In the last sentence, what kind of verb is it?

• Action

• Linking

• Helping

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in this sentence: Larry the Lobster should have worn sunscreen at the beach.

• should have

• worn

• Larry the Lobster

Multiple Choice

In the last sentence, what kind of verb is it?

• Action

• Linking

• Helping

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in this sentence: Patrick was really hungry, so he ate the Krabby Patty.

• Patrick

• was

• hungry

Multiple Choice

In the last sentence, what kind of verb is it?

• Action

• Linking

• Helping