GDLHL Verbs

A verb is a word that...

• describes a noun

• is a person, place, or thing

• shows action, what someone/something is doing

• describes a verb

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"Billy jumped over the fence."

• Billy

• jumped

• over

• fence

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"Sarah voted for the very first time!"

• voted

• Sarah

• first

• very

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"After school, Frank went to the movies with his friends."

• movies

• friends

• went

• school

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"Patricia holds the key to the puzzle."

• key

• puzzle

• holds

• Patricia

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"The pot of stew on the stove caught on fire."

• caught

• stew

• stove

• pot

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"My husband bought a bouquet of flowers for me for Valentine's Day."

• Valentine's Day

• bouquet

• bought

• husband

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"My sister offered to buy me a new phone."

• buy

• offered

• sister

• phone

Identify the verb in this sentence:

"Because of no rain, the flowers in my garden wilted in the hot sun."

• rain

• wilted

• hot

• flowers

A transitive verb transfers the action to an object.

What is the transitive verb in this sentence?

"Mrs. Brown opened the door with great difficulty."

• opened

• door

• great

• difficulty