Parts of Speech- Verbs

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis

Planet Earth ______ (to be) the third planet in our Solar System.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis

Sally is going to the park. She ____________ (to love) going there.

Nouns are

• words that name actions

• words that name people, places, things, etc.

• words that join ideas, phrases, and sentences

• words that describe other names

What kind of verb is bolded? After playing in the championship game, the team looked exhausted.

• Irregular

• Action

• Linking

• Auxiliary

Good morning, my name is Mr. Morales. I ________ your teacher.

• is

• am

• are

• being

A __________ verb accompanies another verb to help express its tense, mood, or voice.

• Action verb

• Linking verb

• Auxiliary verb

• Irregular verb

Which one of these verbs is irregular?

• walk

• smile

• need

• swim

Identify if the underlined word in the sentence is a noun, adjective, or verb:

In two years, the now sophomores will be seniors and begin applying for college.

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• none of the above

Identify which word is a verb:

• Gatsby

• Build

• Italian

• Bryan

Identify which word in the following sentence is the verb:

Christopher and Landry ask Mrs. Hodge if they can sit next to one another in English class.

• Mrs. Hodge

• sit

• next to

• English