Parts of Speech - Verbs 2.0

What are the verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

The puppies eat solid food, but they sleep on the patio.

• Puppies

• eat

• sleep

• on

What are the verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

All of the birds in the cage are from South America while the monkeys come from Africa.

• are

• while

• come

• come from

What are the verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

Is he your friend or are the two of you going to fight again?

• Is

• your

• are

• going

• to fight

What are the verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

Can you help me?

• can

• you

• help

• me

What are the helping verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

Jack has played football in the past , but he is joining a hockey team next winter.

• has

• played

• is

• joining

What are the helping verbs in the following sentence? Check all that apply:

I will walk to the store with you if you are going home afterward.

• will

• walk

• are

• going

Finding verbs helps to identify the sentence core. What is the sentence core in this sentence?

Harvey ran to the other side of the field.

• to the other side

• of the field

• Harvey ran

Finding verbs helps to identify the sentence core. What is the sentence core in this sentence?

Although Missy is a great shot when she gets the ball in the open, she misses a lot of her layups because she waits too long.

• Missy is

• she gets

• she misses

• she waits

Finding verbs helps to identify the sentence core. What is the sentence core in this sentence?

When I travel to San Diego after the end of the school year, Robert will join me at the beach to play volleyball.

• I travel

• after the end

• Robert will

• Robert will join

Mr. Butler is killing us with these dumb grammar tests.

• Butler is

• Mr. Butler is

• Mr. Butler is killing

• with these dumb grammar tests