Verbs: Action and Being

A word that shows action or shows a state of being is a...

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

What is the verb in this sentence:

Mrs. Indalecio turned the page.

What are the verbs in this sentence:

The scientist sat, thought, and wrote in his office desk.

• scientist, desk

• sat, wrote

• scientist, sat, desk

• sat, thought, wrote

The two types of action verbs are physical and...

A being verb is also known as a...

• action verb

• mental action verb

• physical action verb

• linking verb

What is the verb in this sentence:

The goldfish jumped out from its fishbowl.

• goldfish

• jumped

• its

• fishbowl

Which is an example of a mental action?

• swam

• jogged

• dreamed

• talked

Which example is NOT a being verb?

• is

• are

• crawl

• am

Which sentence has a linking verb?

• My friends smelled the roses.

• The food in the trash was smelled by the dogs.

• The garbage smelled terrible.

• I smelled freshly baked cookies coming from our neighbors.

Which sentence has a mental action verb?

• My friend memorized the multiplication table at four years old.

• A stray cat peed inside the garage.

• Little Billy crawled under the car.

• My brother is really hungry.