Identifying Verbs in Sentences

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Dorothy and the Scarecrow danced down the Yellowbrick Road

• Road
• down
• danced
• Scarecrow

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: When in danger, Toto could only bark.

• in
• could bark
• danger
• only

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Witches in dark suits wear ruby slippers and ride bicycles.

• wear
• ride
• wear and ride
• bicycles

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Ruby slippers are found in just one size.

• are found
• slippers
• size
• in

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: L. Frank Baum had originally written the story for his daughter.

• originally
• had written
• story
• for

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: An ineffective president was portrayed as a wizard and a con man.

• ineffective
• was portrayed
• con
• president

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Going through the forest, the travelers sang about lions and tigers and bears.

• sang
• forest 
• travelers
• about

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Various characters represented different groups in American society

• society
• various 
• represented
• different

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: The tin man can be seen as the representation of an industrial worker.

• can be seen
• the representation 
• of
• worker

Which word is a verb in the following sentence: Oz is short for ounce and referred to the gold standard

• is
• referred representation 
• is and referred
• to the