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Kinds of Verbs

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the action verb in the following sentence: My dog eats rocks and feels sick afterwards.

a)

dog

b)

eats

c)

feels

d)

sick

2.

Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Do not show fear or you will seem cowardly.

a)

not

b)

show

c)

will

d)

seem

3.

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Grapes are good for people but can kill a dog.

a)

are

b)

good

c)

can

d)

kill

4.

Which statement is true about ACTION verbs?

a)

They always have an object after them

b)

They never have an object after them

c)

They are not state of being verbs

d)

They link a subject with an adverb

5.

Which statement is true about linking verbs?

a)

They are most often forms of "to be"

b)

They link actions with the nouns that do the action

c)

They can never have helpers

d)

They only describe, or modify, nouns

6.

What statement is true about helping verbs?

a)

They do not exist without another verb which it helps

b)

They might show tense

c)

They may show intention

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

7.

Read the following sentence and mark the correct statement below: My direct ancestor was an Irish woman who was called a psychic.

a)

The sentence contains one linking verb, one helping verb, and one action verb

b)

The sentence contains no linking verbs

c)

The sentence contains no action verbs

d)

The sentence contains one linking and one action, but not helping.

8.

Read the following sentence and mark which statement is true: The throne should have been given to me!

a)

Should is a helper

b)

Have is a helper

c)

Been is a helper

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

9.

Read the following sentence and mark the correct answer: I have a fish, but I have realized that I want a pygmy goat, and my mom says I will be too busy for both.

a)

"Have" is only a helper

b)

"Will be" indicates the action of wanting something

c)

The 3 action verbs here are "have" and "realized" and "want"

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

10.

Read the following sentence, then put check boxes next to all the LINKING VERBS only. If I seem sad, you should know that I feel angry because a face appeared in my window and it looked frightening.

a)

seem

b)

should

c)

feel

d)

appeared

e)

looked