Verbs

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Billy jumped over the fence.

• Billy
• jumped
• over
• fence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Sarah voted for the very first time!

• voted
• Sarah
• first
• very

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The students studied for the test.

• The
• test
• studied
• students

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The tiny baby is happy.

• tiny
• is
• baby
• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The lost child looked scared.

• lost
• looked
• child
• scared

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is: action, helping/main, or linking.
The bear smells like cinnamon.

• action
• helping/main
• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

An action verb ......

• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.
• helps the main verb in the sentence.
• is the action the subject of the sentence is doing.
• is a person, place, or thing.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A linking verb......

• is the action of the sentence.
• a person, place, or thing
• helps the main verb of the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

A helping verb.....

• helps the main verb.
• is the action of the sentence.
• describes the noun in the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
The strong winds blew down the old tree.

• action
• linking
• helping
• main verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B