Verbs Quiz Review

Which words in the following sentence form a compound subject?

Both Joseph and Ryan have played on soccer teams with girls and boys from Willowcreek Middle School.

• Joseph and Ryan

• girls and boys

• Willowcreek Middle School

• soccer teams

Which of the following sentences has a compound predicate?

• It's springtime, but it's still cold outside.

• The teacher chose Francisco and Sam to share their bell ringer answers.

• Pizza with ham and pineapple is the best by far.

• Aliana and Irene gazed at the sunset and thought about how beautiful it was.

A verb or verb phrase is also called a:

• simple subject

• simple predicate

• compound subject

• imperative sentence

Which sentence is an example of a present participle?

• The teacher collected the papers before class ended.

• Michael had cleaned his room before his mother got home.

• Olivia was painting the bedroom.

• Trisha likes to collect coins.

Which sentence is an example of a past participle?

• The teacher collected the papers before class ended.

• Michael had cleaned his room before his mother got home.

• Olivia was painting the bedroom.

• Trisha likes to collect coins.

Which sentence is an example of a past tense verb?

• The teacher collected the papers before class ended.

• Michael had cleaned his room before his mother got home.

• Olivia was painting the bedroom.

• Trisha likes to collect coins.

Which sentence is an example of a present tense verb?

• The teacher collected the papers before class ended.

• Michael had cleaned his room before his mother got home.

• Olivia was painting the bedroom.

• Trisha likes to collect coins.

Which sentences (more than one) contain an action verb(s)?

• Life on the International Space Station is similar.

• When they go outside, they exit through a mock airlock.

• One of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission is boredom.

• Our ancestors survived by outperforming others.

• Boredom, it turns out, is a form of stress.

Which sentence contains a linking verb?

• A river of wind submerged the house.

• The children with their yellow hair hollered at the deep dome of the Martian sky.

• There were sixty others traveling in the same direction.

• The rocket men searched the hills.

Which word in the following sentence is a linking verb? Maxwell seemed nervous as he began to give his speech.

• seemed

• began

• give

• nervous