Main, Helping, and Linking Verbs

A linking verb's only job is to _____ the subject to a word in the predicate that tells more about it.

• describe

• erase

• link

In the park, girls and boys were playing ball.  What is the verb?

• park

• boys

• were

• were playing

Tomas ___ very tall.

• are

• am

• doesn't

• is

Identify the verb in the following sentence:

World War II was the most destructive war in human history.

• was

• destructive

• history

• war

what is a verb phrase?

• a helping verb and a main verb

• a linking verb and a subject

• an action verb and a subject

• a helping verb

Type in the correct helping verb and irregular verb in the sentence: All the leaves on the tree (has fallen, have fallen).

What is the verb in the following sentence?

Poetry connects to our lives.

• Poetry

• connects

• our

• lives

I_____ 25 years old

• Am

• Do

• Does

• Was

Identify the main and helping verb in the sentence.

Ryan will write about a planet's dinosaurs.

• will/write

• Ryan/will

• write/about

• planet's/dinosaurs

Pick the helping verb in the sentence:

I am looking for a paper.

• am

• paper

• looking

• I