english quiz

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

They have been shopping all day!

• they

• have

• have been

• have been shopping

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

Major will be going to the vet next week for some shots.

• be going

• to the vet

• going

• will be going

After taking the incredibly long social studies test, Rachel desperately wanted to take a long nap.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Is the underlined verb an action or linking verb?

She appears upset about the announcement.

• Linking verb

• action verb

The girl was frightened.

• action

• linking

Identify the preposition(s):
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Jake sat between Jim and Jerry.

• Jake

• sat

• between

• and

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

I should not have gone in that Haunted House!

• should not have gone

• should have gone

• haunted house

• not have

Find the predicate: My friends are taking guitar lessons.

• guitar lessons

• are

• are taking guitar lessons

Select the FRAGMENT in each group of words.

• the car turned over

• the cool breeze felt good to my sunburned face

• watching television and eating snack foods every day all summer

• i cut the grass this summer to earn the money to buy a car

Find the Verb or Verb Phrase in the following sentence:

During the novels, Harry is learning things about magic and his past.

• magic

• past

• is learning

• during