Gris Grimly's Frankenstein Helping/Linking/Action Verb practice

Identify the type of verb in the sentence.

"Henry Clerval was a boy of singular talent and fancy."

• action

• linking

• helping

• article

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the underlined type of verbs in the sentence.

"I delighted in investigating the facts relative to the actual world; she busied herself in following the aerial creations of the poets."

• action

• linking

• helping

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash."

• action

• linking

• helping

• article

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Elizabeth, my love, you must supply my place to your younger cousins."

• action

• linking

• helping

• article

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Tears gushed from the eyes of Elizabeth."

• action

• linking

• helping

• article

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the helping verb in the sentence.

"I alighted, and was conducted to my solitary apartment to spend the evening."

• alighted

• was

• conducted

• my

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

"I mentioned, it is true, with fear and trembling, the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects."

• is

• with

• had

• upon

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the action verb in the sentence.

"Every minute that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost."

• have

• wasted

• is

• lost

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

"His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful."

• His

• limbs

• were

• had

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the helping verb(s) in the sentence.

"For this I had deprived myself of rest and health."

• For

• this

• had

• deprived

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A