The word that shows the action or a state of being in a sentence is called...

____________ modifies the meanings of verbs.

The snow fell softly.

What part of speech is "fell"?

The snow fell softly.

What part of speech is "softly"?

The house was red and small.

What part of speech is "red"?

The house was red and small.

What part of speech is "small"?

Pat and Joe quickly raked the leaves.

What part of speech is "leaves"?

Pat and Joe quickly raked the leaves.

What part of speech is "raked"?

Pat and Joe quickly raked the leaves.

What part of speech is "quickly"?

Ronny and Jacob fished in the shallow stream.

What word is the verb?

Mary finished her reading assignment.

What word is the adjective?

The earth travels around the sun.

What word is the verb?

Greg sat by the window and watched the rain.

What word is a noun?

My cat prefers to eat dry food.

What word is an adjective?

He is always watching a football game.

What word is an adjective?

I usually don't like to go shopping at the mall.

What word is an adverb?

We drove the car to the park during the windy afternoon.

What word is a noun?

The soccer player dribbled the ball through the defenders.

What word is the verb?

Which word is not a verb?