Helping/Linking Verbs Assessment

Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence.

Cameron reads a chapter in his book every night.

• chapter, book

• reads

• Cameron

• night

2. Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence.

4. The horse galloped across the field.

• horse

• across

• field

• galloped

Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence.

The audience clapped at the end of the performance.

• clapped

• audience

• performance

• at the end

Identify the action verb(s) in the following sentence.

4. Jack tiptoed through the library, sat down and read his favorite book.

• library, book

• Jack

• tiptoed, sat, read

• tiptoed, read

Read this:

(1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

What is the verb in sentence 2?

• of

• is

• my

• favorite

8. (1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

9. What are the verbs in sentence 3?

• dress, decorate, spooky

• dress, decorate

• scary, funny, spooky

• kids, people

9. (1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

10. In sentence 4, what part of speech is the word "is"?

• noun

• verb

• linking verb

• common noun

10. (1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

11. What is the helping verb in sentence 5?

• asking for

• door to door

• will

• walk

11. (1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

14. What is the correct way to rewrite sentence 6?

• neighbors might put lots of candy in our buckets.

• My neighbors will put lots of candy in our buckets.

• My neighbors put lots of candy.

• No change needed.

(1) Don't you just love Halloween? (2) It is my favorite day of the year! (3) Kids dress in scary or funny costumes, and people decorate their homes with spooky displays. (4) The best part is trick or treating! (5) We will walk door to door asking for candy. (6) neighbors put lots of candy in our buckets. (7) My favorite candy is a Snickers bar. (8) It will be a very fun evening!

Sentence 8 contains a

• helping verb

• linking verb

• action verb