Identifying Verbs

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: " Manny answered the phone."

• Manny

• answered

• the

• phone

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: " She works quietly."

• She

• works

• quietly

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: " His parents are patient."

• His

• parents

• are

• patient

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: " She rolls the car over to the auto shop."

• She

• rolls

• over to

• the auto shop

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: "He is watching his favourite show."

• He

• is watching

• his

• favourite

• show

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: "She is playing hard and making buckets."

• She

• is playing

• hard

• making

• buckets

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: "He writes the test and breaks his pencil."

• He

• writes

• the test

• breaks

• his pencil

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: "It was a hail Mary play!"

• It

• was

• hail

• Mary

• play

Answer explanation

While "hail" and "play" can be used as verbs, their tense will not change if you rewrote this sentence as "It is a hail Mary play."

Identify all the verbs in the sentence: "He studied and studied and studied but still failed the test."

• studied

• studied

• studied

• failed

• test