Identifying Action and Linking Verbs

This video tutorial introduces verbs, focusing on action and linking verbs. It provides examples and exercises to identify verbs in sentences. The tutorial also explains the difference between verbs and nouns, and offers practice in distinguishing between action and linking verbs. The video concludes with exercises to reinforce the understanding of these concepts.

In the sentence 'Erick eats lunch at 12 p.m.', what is the verb?

• 12 p.m.

• lunch

• eats

• Erick

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CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Identify the verb in the sentence: 'Children play in the park.'

• park

• Children

• play

• in

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In the sentence 'The people saw the museum, and then they went inside.', which words are verbs?

• people, museum

• museum, went

• saw, went

• people, saw

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which word is a verb in the sentence: 'David drives to work every day.'?

• day

• David

• drives

• work

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In the sentence 'I work every day.', is 'work' a verb or a noun?

• Both

• Neither

• Noun

• Verb

In the sentence 'I like my work.', is 'work' a verb or a noun?

• Verb

• Noun

• Both

• Neither

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following is a linking verb?

• is

• write

• jump

• run

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the sentence 'The apple tastes sweet.', what type of verb is 'tastes'?

• Action verb

• Linking verb

• Both

• Neither

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the linking verb in the sentence: 'The puppy seems sad.'

• none

• puppy

• sad

• seems

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

In the sentence 'We listen to music often. This song sounds beautiful.', which word is a linking verb?

• listen

• beautiful

• music

• sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B