Identify that verb!

In 1941, the year of his fifty-six-game hitting streak, Joe DiMaggio became a baseball legend. What is the linking verb and predicate adjective or noun?

• hitting

• became

• baseball

• legend

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

According to the realtor, the water from the kitchen faucet tasted rusty because the house's plumbing was a hundred years old. What is the linking verb and the predicate adjective or noun?

• According

• tasted

• rusty

• hundred years old

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States, stayed an active humanitarian long after his presidency. What is the linking verb and the predicate adjective or noun?

• stayed

• active

• presidency

• humanitarian

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

After the first searing moment, submersion in a hot tub feels soothing. Identify the linking verb and predicate nominative or adjective.

• searing

• submersion

• feels

• soothing

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

The lawyer, with his unfounded objections and rambling, incoherent closing argument was obviously a novice in the courtroom. What is the linking verb and the predicate adjective or noun?

• rambling

• argument

• was

• novice

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Always be a good sport, no matter the outcome of the game or the attitude of your opponent. Identify the verb and the predicate nominative or adjective.

• outcome

• be

• attitude

• sport

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Jack and Maria sang at the school concert. Is the verb transitive or intransitive?

• transitive

• intransitive

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Jordan's sympathies rest with the defendant. Is the verb transitive or intransitive?

• transitive

• intransitive

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

Choose the sentence that does not have a transitive verb.

• The moon shimmers.

• I killed a lion.

• I stole the books.

• I recited a poem.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Choose the sentence that does not have an intransitive verb.

• Donkeys bray.

• The boat capsized.

• Cheetahs run fast.

• Girls wear skirts.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1