Ch. 12 Test

Which of the following sentences contains a verb phrase?

• The wind will be howling through the night.

• The cat sleeps.

• She runs fast.

• The sun is bright.

Which of the following is a helping verb in the sentence "The volunteers are helping with the garden cleanup"?

• volunteers

• are

• helping

• garden

What is the main verb in the sentence "The wind will be howling through the night"?

• will

• be

• howling

• night

Which of the following is a linking verb?

• is

• run

• eat

• jump

Which sentence contains a verb phrase with three helping verbs?

• The wind will be howling through the night.

• Our neighbors have been planting tulips all morning.

• I should have been practicing the piano.

• The volunteers are helping with the garden cleanup.

What is the main verb in the sentence "Those clouds have been drifting westward all afternoon"?

• have

• been

• drifting

• westward

Which of the following is NOT a verb phrase?

• will be howling

• have been planting

• are helping

• the garden cleanup

What is the main verb in the sentence "We had been searching for the missing soccer ball"?

• had

• been

• searching

• soccer

Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?

• The wind howls.

• The wind will be howling.

• The wind is strong.

• The wind blows.

What is the verb type in the sentence "The baby giggled loudly"?

• Action, Intransitive

• Action, Transitive

• Linking, Intransitive

• Linking, Transitive