Verbs

A verb is a word showing action or a state of being.

• True

• False

A verb phrase is two or more verbs with a main verb and auxiliary verb plus a noun.

• True

• False

Identify the verb or verb phrase in this sentence:

The dog ran down the street in the rain.

• dog

• ran

• down the street

• in the rain

Identify the verb or verb phrase in this sentence:

In case of emergency, you should think about each scenario and make a plan.

• In case of emergency

• you

• should think

• about each scenario

Identify the verb or verb phrase in this sentence:

Students were eating candy after the grammar quiz.

• were

• eating

• after

• were eating

Identify the phrasal verb in the sentence below:

An old house on the corner burned down last weekend.

• old house

• on the corner

• burned down

• last weekend

Identify the phrasal verb in the sentence below:

Todd and Scott put on their socks and shoes.

• Todd and Scott

• put on

• their socks

• socks and shoes

Transitive verbs have a direct object; intransitive verbs do NOT have a direct object.

• True

• False

Identify the underlined verb or verb phrase as transitive or intransitive:

The author has written about rare tropical snakes.

• transitive

• intransitive

Identify the verb underlined below as transitive or intransitive:

Lloyd caught the ball without effort.

• transitive

• intransitive