Kinds of Verbs

Identify the action verb in the following sentence: My dog eats rocks and feels sick afterwards.

• dog

• eats

• feels

• sick

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Do not show fear or you will seem cowardly.

• not

• show

• will

• seem

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Grapes are good for people but can kill a dog.

• are

• good

• can

• kill

Which statement is true about ACTION verbs?

• They always have an object after them

• They never have an object after them

• They are not state of being verbs

• They link a subject with an adverb

Which statement is true about linking verbs?

• They are most often forms of "to be"

• They link actions with the nouns that do the action

• They can never have helpers

• They only describe, or modify, nouns

What statement is true about helping verbs?

• They do not exist without another verb which it helps

• They might show tense

• They may show intention

• All of the above

• None of the above

Read the following sentence and mark the correct statement below: My direct ancestor was an Irish woman who was called a psychic.

• The sentence contains one linking verb, one helping verb, and one action verb

• The sentence contains no linking verbs

• The sentence contains no action verbs

• The sentence contains one linking and one action, but not helping.

Read the following sentence and mark which statement is true: The throne should have been given to me!

• Should is a helper

• Have is a helper

• Been is a helper

• All of the above

• None of the above

Read the following sentence and mark the correct answer: I have a fish, but I have realized that I want a pygmy goat, and my mom says I will be too busy for both.

• "Have" is only a helper

• "Will be" indicates the action of wanting something

• The 3 action verbs here are "have" and "realized" and "want"

• All of the above

• None of the above

Read the following sentence, then put check boxes next to all the LINKING VERBS only. If I seem sad, you should know that I feel angry because a face appeared in my window and it looked frightening.

• seem

• should

• feel

• appeared

• looked