Understanding Verbs

The video tutorial explains different types of verbs, including action, saying, thinking, feeling, linking, and helping verbs. It highlights the importance of verbs in sentences and provides examples for each type. Action verbs express actions, saying verbs indicate speech, thinking and feeling verbs convey thoughts and emotions, linking verbs connect subjects to states of being, and helping verbs assist other verbs. The tutorial aims to help viewers identify and understand the role of verbs in sentences.

What is the primary function of action verbs in a sentence?

• To describe a noun

• To express an action

• To link a subject to a state

• To modify an adjective

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which of the following is an example of a saying verb?

• Run

• Whispered

• Jump

• Think

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of verb is used to express thoughts and feelings?

• Thinking and feeling verbs

• Linking verbs

• Saying verbs

• Action verbs

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

In the sentence 'Kim talked to her friend', which word is the verb?

• To

• Talked

• Kim

• Friend

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the role of linking verbs in a sentence?

• To modify a noun

• To link the subject to a state of being

• To describe an adjective

• To express an action

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which word is the linking verb in the sentence 'Jackie feels comfortable in her house'?

• House

• Comfortable

• Feels

• Jackie

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the sentence 'The boys are friends', what is the linking verb?

• Friends

• The

• Are

• Boys

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the function of helping verbs?

• To express an action

• To help other verbs

• To modify an adjective

• To describe a noun

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the sentence 'He will play football', which word is the helping verb?

• Play

• Will

• He

• Football

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?

• The cat sleeps

• He jumps high

• They are singing

• She runs fast

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B