Helping and Linking Verb Practice

Which type of verb expresses an action (physical or mental)?

• action verb
• helping verb
• linking verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which verb shows a state of being and joins the subject of a sentence to the predicate?

• action verb
• helping verb
• linking verb 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which verb helps the main verb express an action or state of being and are part of a verb phrase?

• action verb
• helping verb
• linking verb

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 following sentence: Sally walked to the mall.

• Sally
• in
• walked
• the

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: She is a very smart girl.

• is
• she
• smart
• very

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 in the following sentence: Arthur is walking to the mall at five o'clock.

• walking
• is
• Arthur
• mall

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 following sentence: Sheila drove her car into the bridge.

• drove
• into
• car
• the

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: The teacher became frustrated with her students' grades on the test.

• frustrated
• with
• grades
• became

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 in the following sentence: Luke was watching the football game on TV.

• football
• watching
• was
• Luke

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 following sentence: Alex and Marsha questioned Mr. Schlote about his fabulously decorated star shirt.

• questioned
• fabulously
• decorated
• his

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B