ELA Testing Verbs

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Billy jumped over the fence.

• Billy
• jumped
• over
• fence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Identify the verb in this sentence:
Sarah voted for the very first time!

• voted
• Sarah
• first
• very

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The students studied for the test.

• The
• test
• studied
• students

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the verb in this sentence:
We are eating Los Portales for lunch!

• are eating
• We
• Los Portales
• lunch

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The tiny baby is happy.

• tiny
• is
• baby
• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the verb in this sentence:
The lost child looked scared.

• lost
• looked
• child
• scared

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is: action, helping/main, or linking.

The little boy ran across the street.

• action

• helping

• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Look at the verb in red and tell what type of verb it is: action, helping/main, or linking.
Austin and Ella were tired.

• action
• helping/main
• linking

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A linking verb......

• is the action of the sentence.
• a person, place, or thing
• helps the main verb of the sentence.
• links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What are the three main types of verbs?

• Action, Feeling, and Being

• Action, Linking, and Helping

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B