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

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

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

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

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

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

• leadership

• at

• takes

• college

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