Parts of Speech benchmark

Find the PREPOSITION:

Have you gotten a milkshake from the new restaurant?

• have
• milkshake
• new
• from

Find the PREPOSITION:
The dog house was located beneath the tree. 

• beneath
• located
• was
• dog

Find the prepositional phrase(s)!

We went to the park, but I forgot money, so I had to watch the game through the fence.

• We went
• I forgot money
• to watch, through the fence 
• to the park, through the fence

Find the prepositional phrase(s)!

Mrs. Deal shoved all of the chocolate in her mouth.

• Mrs. Deal shoved
• all of the
• in her mouth
• of the chocolate, in her mouth

An action verb ......

• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.
• helps the main verb in the sentence.
• is the action the subject of the sentence is doing.
• is a person, place, or thing.

A linking verb......

• is the action of the sentence.
• a person, place, or thing
• helps the main verb of the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.

A helping verb.....

• helps the main verb.
• is the action of the sentence.
• describes the noun in the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
The strong winds blew down the old tree.

• action
• linking
• helping
• main verb

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Kayle is a bright student.

• helping
• linking
• action
• main verb

Determine which type of verb the blue  verb is in the following sentence:
Nelson has built a huge castle in the sand.

• linking
• action
• helping
• main verb