Verb Quiz

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, or noun, to the adjective in the predicate.

A helping verb.....

• helps the action verb.

• is the action of the sentence.

• describes the noun in the sentence.

• links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.

An infinitive verb is...

• To + a Noun

• The + an action verb

• To + an action verb

• A + an action verb

What do you ask yourself to find out if a word is an ACTION VERB?

• Can Spider man do it?

• Which one?

• What kind?

• How many?

How do you identify ANY type of verb in a sentence? What do you do to the sentence?

• You leave the sentence alone

• Ask yourself: Which one? What kind? or How many?

• Ask yourself: Can Spider man do it?

• You change the tense of the sentence to future or past tense

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Kayle is a bright student.

• helping
• linking
• action
• main verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.

• linking
• action
• helping
• main verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Determine which type of verb the blue verb is in the following sentence:

Robert ate the crust of the pizza first.

• helping

• action

• linking

Determine which type of verb the blue verb is in the following sentence:

The girls were baking a birthday cake for their mother's party.

• helping

• linking

• action