Types of Verbs

A_________verb expresses action, and tells what the subject does or did.

• linking

• helping

• main

• action

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Read each sentence. What is the action verb in each sentence?

Lilly enjoys stories.

• Lilly

• enjoys

• stories

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Read each sentence. What is the action verb in each sentence?

She likes stories about science and space most of all.

• likes

• about

• she

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Read each sentence. What is the action verb in each sentence?

The teacher helped her with the project.

• helped

• with

• project

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Read each sentence. What is the action verb in each sentence?

She wrote a story about Mars.

• about

• story

• wrote

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The_______verb shows what the subject does or is.

• helping

• linking

• main

• action

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Read each sentence. What is the main verb in each sentence?

The directors have met several times.

• times

• met

• have

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Read each sentence. What is the main verb in each sentence?

He has performed many times before.

• before

• has

• performed

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Read each sentence. What is the main verb in each sentence?

They are writing jokes and skits.

• writing

• are

• and

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Read each sentence. What is the main verb in each sentence?

She is learning drums, cymbals, and triangles.

• is

• learning

• and

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CCSS.L.3.1A