Verbs

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Billy jumped over the fence.

• Billy
• jumped
• over
• fence

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Sarah voted for the very first time!

• voted
• Sarah
• first
• very

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The students studied for the test.

• The
• test
• studied
• students

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.

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.

Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that describes it.
What is the linking verb in this sentence?
Kevin is a Bellevue fireman.

• Kevin
• is
• Bellevue
• fireman

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.

What is the action verb in the sentence?
My mother carried the platter.

• My
• mother
• carried
• platter

What is the linking verb in the sentence?
Matt Perez will be the captain of the team.

• Matt Perez
• captain
• team
• will be

Helping verbs are added before another verb to make a verb phrase.
What is the helping verb in this sentence?
Jeffrey has hit the most home runs.

• home runs
• most
• has
• hit