Created by Heather Edgcombe
12 questions
10th Grade
ELA
Updated Sept 2025
Verb Identification is a Grade 10 English worksheet that gives students 12 multiple-choice sentences and asks them to identify the complete verb or verb phrase. The items include simple verbs such as “flows” and “has,” helping-verb constructions such as “has learned,” “was singing,” and “had written,” a modal phrase such as “could have come,” and verbs in questions and commands such as “did find” and “get.” This free printable worksheet helps students distinguish the verb or verb phrase from nearby adverbs, subjects, objects, complements, and infinitive phrases. It is useful for focused grammar practice, independent review, or a quick formative check of students’ ability to locate verbs in varied sentence structures. A complete answer key is included so teachers can review the selected phrases and address errors efficiently. The worksheet is also available in digital form on Wayground.
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This worksheet gives students 12 multiple-choice sentences in which they identify the verb or verb phrase, including simple verbs, helping-verb constructions, modal phrases, commands, and questions. Students practice separating the target verb or phrase from distractors such as adverbs, subjects, objects, and infinitive phrases—for example, selecting “could have come,” “was singing,” or “did find.”
Introduce the worksheet by modeling how to locate the action or state in a sentence, then check whether helping verbs belong with the main verb. Think aloud with examples such as “has learned” and “had written,” and ask students why words like “certainly,” “freely,” or “to cook” are not the selected verb phrase in these items. After students complete the multiple-choice questions, use the answer key to discuss how the same skill works in statements, commands, and questions.
Students may select only part of a verb phrase, such as “could have” instead of “could have come,” or include an adverb, as in “had certainly” instead of “had written.” They may also confuse an infinitive or nearby noun phrase with the verb, choosing “to dance” or “your keys,” or miss the verb in an inverted question and select “did you find” instead of “did find.”
You can assign this worksheet as a printable PDF or as a digital quiz on Wayground. It includes a complete answer key, and printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app. The printable format also gives schools an option for reducing screen time while students practice identifying verbs and verb phrases.
Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing or font size so the 12 multiple-choice sentences and answer choices are easier to scan. You can also apply a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when that supports access to the verb-identification task. These changes preserve the original question format while making the sentence structures and choices more readable.
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