Verb Review

The most common type of verb is this type, which indicates what the subject is doing.

• action
• helping
• linking
• gluten-free

This type of verb can't stand alone; it makes the main verb fit properly into the sentence.

• action
• helping
• linking
• genetic

This verb type stands by itself, connecting something in the predicate to the subject.

• action
• helping
• linking
• Australian

Which of these is NOT one of the three most common verb tenses?

• past
• future
• present
• proper

When helping verbs and main verbs work together in a sentence, they are collectively called...

• Bob
• the predicate
• the verb phrase
• the subject

Identify the HELPING verb: Jerome was catching unicorns.

• Jerome
• was
• catching
• unicorns

Identify the ACTION verb: The gopher eats mayonnaise.

• The
• gopher
• eats
• mayonnaise

Identify the LINKING verb: The music became deafening.

• The
• music
• became
• deafening

Identify the HELPING verb: Roberto had been sleeping.

• been
• had been
• had
• sleeping

Identify the ACTION verb: Yolanda was crying excessively.

• Yolanda
• was
• crying
• excessively