Verbs Practice Questions

What are the two main functions of a verb?

• To connect nouns and adjectives

• To indicate time and place

• To show action or a state of being

• To express emotions and feelings

What are the three main types of verbs?

• Helping verbs, linking verbs, and action verbs.

• Adjectives, adverbs, and nouns.

• Transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and conjunctions.

• Sensory verbs, modal verbs, and prepositions.

What do action verbs indicate about a noun or pronoun?

• The characteristics of the noun/pronoun

• What the noun/pronoun is doing

• The state of being of the noun/pronoun

• The location of the noun/pronoun

What are the two types of action verbs?

• Sensory and helping

• Intransitive and transitive

• Action and linking

• Linking and helping

In the sentence 'The soup tastes delicious,' identify the linking verb and explain its function.

• Delicious; it describes the action of the soup.

• Tastes; it connects the subject 'soup' to the complement 'delicious,' indicating the state of being.

• The sentence has no linking verb.

• Soup; it is the subject performing an action.

What are the two categories of linking verbs?

• Always and sensory linking verbs

• Transitive and intransitive verbs

• Regular and irregular verbs

• Action and helping verbs

Describe the role of helping verbs in relation to action verbs.

• Helping verbs assist action verbs by providing additional information about the action.

• Helping verbs serve as the main verbs in a sentence.

• Helping verbs are used to form questions only.

• Helping verbs are always followed by linking verbs.

What is the definition of intransitive verbs?

• Verbs that describe a state of being.

• Verbs with no receiver of action (no direct object).

• Verbs that require a direct object to complete their meaning.

• Verbs that express sensory experiences.

What is a defining characteristic of transitive verbs?

• They express a state of being.

• They do not require a direct object.

• They have a receiver of action (direct object).

• They are always action verbs.

Which verbs are classified as always linking verbs?

• Look, sound, taste, feel, smell.

• Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, seem, and become.

• Have, has, had, do, does.

• Run, jump, swim, fly.