Action Verbs and Verbs of Being With Pirates...

1. Captain Pete adjusted the curved brim of his tricorn hat. Which word is functioning as a verb?

• curved

• brim

• adjusted

• tricorn

2. Rex the Red was tired after a long day of forcing treacherous dogs to walk the plank. which

word is functioning as a verb?

• was

• treacherous

• tired

• long

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

3. Captain Carly called the pirate in the purple shirt a "beardless yeller belly," which caused him to run away in tears. which word is functioning as a verb?

• tears

• purple

• in

• called

4. Mary May Moonshot never missed a target with her flintlock musket. Which word is functioning as a verb?

• Moonshot

• target

• missed

• never

5. First Mate Murphy left his spare hook in the crow's nest of his pirate ship. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• hook

• left

• spare

• nest

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

6. The onion soup tasted watery and bitter to the pirate with the peg leg. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• tasted

• to

• peg leg

• bitter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

7. First Mate Murphy was ashamed that he didn't know the steps to the popular pirate dance. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• ashamed

• was

• dance

• steps

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

8. Rex the Red and the pirate with the purple shirt were lonely and weepy during the slow dances at Captain Carly's party. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• dances

• lonely

• weepy

• were

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

9. Mary May Moonshot takes classes on leadership at the community college. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• leadership

• at

• takes

• college

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

10. First Mate Murphy heard the Captain's orders but felt that opening the dance floor with a slow song would spoil the festive mood. Identify the verb in the sentence.

• orders

• heard

• dance

• festive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B