Verbs Test Review

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.

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 linking verb in the sentence?
The glass looked dirty.

• The
• glass
• looked
• dirty

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

A verb is a word that...

• describes a noun
• is a person, place, or thing
• shows action, what someone/ something is doing
• describes a verb

Is the verb action or linking?

My new game is awesome.

• action

• linking

Is the verb action or linking?

The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.

• action

• linking

Identify the helping verb:

The children had made cards for their families.

• had

• families

• cards

• their

Identify the linking verb:

The salmon was smelly.

• The

• was

• salmon

• smelly

She painted her room purple because that's her favorite color.

• past tense

• present tense

• future tense