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WorksheetsHelping Verbs
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mrs. Obama has given many speeches.
What type of verb is highlighted?
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
2.
The jellyfish can sting you and that's very painful.
What type of verb is highlighted?
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
3.
Dad has cut the cake.
What type of verb is highlighted?
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
4.
Cookie Monster will eat lots of cookies.
What type of verb is highlighted?
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
5.
When the volcano erupted, we were very surprised.
What is the verb?
What is the verb?
a)
volcano
b)
erupted
c)
were
6.
A linking verb expresses (shows)...
a)
a mental or physical action
b)
a state of being
c)
how something moves
d)
where to put something
7.
An action verb ......
a)
links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.
b)
helps the main verb in the sentence.
c)
is the action the subject of the sentence is doing.
d)
is a person, place, or thing.
8.
A linking verb......
a)
is the action of the sentence.
b)
a person, place, or thing
c)
helps the main verb of the sentence.
d)
links the subject to the noun or adjective in the predicate.
9.
A helping verb.....
a)
helps the main verb.
b)
is the action of the sentence.
c)
describes the noun in the sentence.
d)
links the subject to the noun or adjective in a sentence.
10.
Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that describes it.
What is the linking verb in this sentence?
Kevin is a Bellevue fireman.
What is the linking verb in this sentence?
Kevin is a Bellevue fireman.
a)
Kevin
b)
is
c)
Bellevue
d)
fireman
11.
What is the verb and is it an action or linking verb?
The factory coughed puffs of steam out of its smokestacks.
The factory coughed puffs of steam out of its smokestacks.
a)
coughed - action
b)
cough - linking
c)
out - action
d)
out - linking
12.
Is the RED verb a main verb or helping verb?
The puppy has been barking for an hour.
The puppy has been barking for an hour.
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
13.
What type of verb, in RED, is in the following sentence?
Devon worries about the future.
Devon worries about the future.
a)
Linking Verb
b)
Helping Verb
c)
Action Verb
d)
It's not a verb
14.
Determine which type of verb the blue verb is in the following sentence:
Kayle is a bright student.
Kayle is a bright student.
a)
helping
b)
linking
c)
action
d)
main verb
15.
The car is making an awful noise.
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
a)
The car
b)
is making
c)
awful noise
d)
car is
16.
What is(are) the helping verb(s) in this sentence:
Who will be running in the race today?
Who will be running in the race today?
a)
will be running
b)
be
c)
will be
d)
running
17.
What is(are) the helping verb(s) in this sentence:
Bianca might have spoken if you gave her the chance.
Bianca might have spoken if you gave her the chance.
a)
might have spoken
b)
might
c)
have
d)
might have
18.
Find the verb in the sentence and decide if it's an action verb or a linking verb.
Nathalia is an excellent skater.
Nathalia is an excellent skater.
a)
is - linking
b)
is - action
c)
skater - linking
d)
skater - action
19.
Find the verb in the sentence and decide if it's an action verb or a linking verb.
They are a very active bunch of kids!
They are a very active bunch of kids!
a)
are - linking
b)
are - action
c)
active - linking
d)
active - action
20.
Find the verb in the sentence and decide if it's an action verb or a linking verb.
The glass rolled off the table and onto the chair.
The glass rolled off the table and onto the chair.
a)
onto - linking
b)
onto - action
c)
rolled - linking
d)
rolled - action
21.
Find the verb in the sentence and decide if it's an action verb or a linking verb.
The cat growled angrily at the intruder.
The cat growled angrily at the intruder.
a)
growled - linking
b)
growled - action
c)
angrily - linking
d)
angrily - action
22.
Find the verb in the sentence and decide if it's an action verb or a linking verb.
The bus had a flat tire!
The bus had a flat tire!
a)
flat - linking
b)
flat - action
c)
had - linking
d)
had - action
23.
A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.
Is this true or false?
Is this true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't know
24.
Which one of these verbs is NOT a linking verb?
a)
is
b)
are
c)
seems
d)
leads
25.
A linking verb tells what the subject does. Is this true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
c)
I don't know
26.
A verb phrase only has one verb in it. Is this true or false?
a)
true
b)
false
c)
I don't know
27.
What do verbs do?
a)
They modify nouns or pronouns
b)
They express an action, condition, or state of being
c)
They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
d)
They are used in a place of a noun.
28.
What is an action verb?
a)
A verb that connects the subject with a word that gives info about the subject.
b)
A verb that connects with other verbs to form verb phrases.
c)
A verb that expresses physical or mental action
29.
What do auxiliary (helping) verbs do?
a)
They combine words or groups of words together
b)
They combine with other words to make compound nouns
c)
They combine with verbs and prepositions to make prepositional verbs
d)
They combine with other verbs to form verb phrases.
30.
Find the helping verb:
Your bike might need to be fixed.
Your bike might need to be fixed.
a)
Your
b)
bike
c)
might
d)
need
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