WorksheetsKinds of Verbs
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: My dog eats rocks and feels sick afterwards.
dog
eats
feels
sick
Identify the linking verb in the following sentence: Do not show fear or you will seem cowardly.
not
show
will
seem
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: Grapes are good for people but can kill a dog.
are
good
can
kill
Which statement is true about ACTION verbs?
They always have an object after them
They never have an object after them
They are not state of being verbs
They link a subject with an adverb
Which statement is true about linking verbs?
They are most often forms of "to be"
They link actions with the nouns that do the action
They can never have helpers
They only describe, or modify, nouns
What statement is true about helping verbs?
They do not exist without another verb which it helps
They might show tense
They may show intention
All of the above
None of the above
Read the following sentence and mark the correct statement below: My direct ancestor was an Irish woman who was called a psychic.
The sentence contains one linking verb, one helping verb, and one action verb
The sentence contains no linking verbs
The sentence contains no action verbs
The sentence contains one linking and one action, but not helping.
Read the following sentence and mark which statement is true: The throne should have been given to me!
Should is a helper
Have is a helper
Been is a helper
All of the above
None of the above
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.
"Have" is only a helper
"Will be" indicates the action of wanting something
The 3 action verbs here are "have" and "realized" and "want"
All of the above
None of the above
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.
seem
should
feel
appeared
looked
