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Linking Verbs

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The girl was frightened.
a)
action
b)
linking
2.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence.
There are many animals in the rainforest. 
a)
there
b)
are
c)
animals
d)
rainforest
3.
Viola is a twin.
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
4.

What is the action verb?

The students cheered loudly.

a)

students

b)

cheered

c)

loudly

5.
What is the linking verb?
The boy was silly at recess.
a)
was
b)
boy
c)
silly
6.
What is the linking verb?
Coach Kelly is funny in class.
a)
funny
b)
is
c)
class
7.
What is the linking verb?
My friends were nice to the new student.
a)
friends
b)
were
c)
student
8.
Is the verb action or linking?
My new game is awesome.
a)
action
b)
linking
9.
Is the verb action or linking?
The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.
a)
action
b)
linking
10.
Fall is the prettiest time of year.
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking verb
11.
The sea captain is trustworthy. 
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
12.
Twelfth Night was written by Shakespeare.
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking verb
13.
Olivia appears depressed.
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
14.
Viola is a twin.
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
15.
Old English is a mix of Celtic, Latin, Old Norse, and Anglo-Saxon.
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
16.
Students were studying in the library. 
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
17.
They looked odd in the old-fashioned clothing of the 1950s.
a)
action
b)
linking
18.
Alexa’s grandparents once lived in Indonesia and in the Netherlands.
a)
action
b)
linking
19.
What type of verb is in all caps?
That skunk SMELLS terrible!
a)
linking verb
b)
helping verb
c)
action verb
d)
adverb 
20.
What type of verb are the following words? 
am, is, are, was, were, be, been, seems, feels, tastes
a)
action
b)
helping
c)
linking
21.
In the sentence, "moves" is an example of what type of verb? 
That Ferris wheel moves very quickly. 
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
helping
22.
Most men were farmers. 
What is the verb?
a)
men
b)
were
c)
farmers
d)
most
23.

What is the linking verb?

"Andrew looked for his toys."

a)

andrew

b)

looked

c)

his

d)

for

24.

what is the linking verb?

"Lucas was playing a game, then went outside."

a)

game

b)

then

c)

playing

d)

was

25.

what is the linking verb in the sentence?

"Connor ran towards the door, being as quick as he could."

a)

ran

b)

being

c)

quick

d)

towards

26.

what is an example linking verb?

a)

next

b)

become

c)

onto

d)

smell

27.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

The little park appeared overgrown and littered.

a)

park

b)

appeared

c)

overgrown

d)

littered

28.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

It was Bernadine who suggested we clean it up.

a)

was

b)

Bernadine

c)

suggested

d)

clean

29.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

Our leader became enthusiastic about our plan.

a)

Our

b)

leader

c)

became

d)

enthusiastic

30.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

It was he who lent us gardening tools.

a)

it

b)

was

c)

he

d)

who

31.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

To him our ideas sounded worthwhile.

a)

him

b)

our

c)

ideas

d)

sounded

32.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

At first we felt overwhelmed by the job ahead of us.

a)

first

b)

felt

c)

overwhelmed

d)

by

33.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

By the end of the day, the park was again a welcoming place.

a)

end

b)

day

c)

was

d)

place

34.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

The weather seemed peaceful.

a)

the

b)

weather

c)

seemed

d)

peaceful

35.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

Skating in the park is fun.

a)

skating

b)

in

c)

is

d)

fun

36.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

I felt restless last night.

a)

felt

b)

restless

c)

last

d)

night

37.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

He appeared tired by the end of the event.

a)

appeared

b)

tired

c)

by

d)

of

38.

Identify the verb or verb phrase.

Because of people like Olmstead, cities became hospitable places.

a)

because

b)

like

c)

became

d)

hospitable

39.

Identify the verb or verb phrase.

In the middle of Central Park, the world seems quiet and peaceful.

a)

middle

b)

seems

c)

quiet

d)

peaceful

40.

The pink rose bush grew six feet last spring.

a)

bush

b)

grew

c)

last

d)

spring

41.
I feel sick today for some reason.
a)
feel
b)
sick
c)
reason
d)
today.
42.
What is the linking verb?
The three farmers feel happy.
a)
three
b)
farmers
c)
feel
d)
happy
43.
Find the linking verb in the sentence.
The students were tired after PE.
a)
tired
b)
were
c)
after
d)
students
44.
Identify the predicate adjectives in each sentence.
Last Saturday was sunny and warm.
a)
Saturday, sunny
b)
Last, warm
c)
sunny, warm
d)
was sunny
45.
Which type of verb expresses a physical or mental activity?
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
c)
linking verb
d)
noun
46.
Which verb connects the subject to something about the subject
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
c)
linking verb 
d)
pronoun
47.
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: After the basketball game, we were sweaty.
a)
after
b)
we
c)
sweaty
d)
were

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