Verbs and Subject/Predicate

The sky _____ turned blue.

• have

• has

They _____laughed together.

• have

• has

She works at an automobile manufacturing plant in Michigan.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Mrs. Baker is forty-two years old.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

In twenty more years, she will retire.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

Mr. Baker was forty-two years old last year.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

6. He is a year older than Mrs. Baker.

• action verb

• linking verb

• helping verb

_{Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that describes it. What is the linking verb in this sentence?}

Kevin is a White Bear Lake firefighter.

• Kevin

• is

• White Bear Lake

• firefighter

_{What is the action verb in the sentence?}
My mother carried the bowl.

• My

• mother

• carried

• bowl

I guess you _________ say it's always better to not count your eggs before they hatch.

• could

• have

• be

• are