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Action and Linking Verbs

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of verb is used in the sentence-"The man drove to the store."

a)

action

b)

linking

2.

Identify the verb in this sentence.

The man drove to the store.

a)

Man

b)

To

c)

Drove

d)

Store

3.

Identify the verb.

I ran through the field.

a)

through

b)

ran

c)

field

d)

I

4.

What type of verb is being used in the sentence below.

I ran through the field.

a)

Linking

b)

Action

5.

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

She looks like a monster.

a)

She

b)

Monster

c)

Like

d)

Looks

6.

What type of verb is being used in the sentence?

She looks like a monster.

a)

Action

b)

Linking

7.

Identify the verb in the sentence.

Australia is a country and a continent.

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

is

d)

and

8.

What type of verb is being used in this sentence?

Australia is a country and a continent.

a)

Linking

b)

Action

9.
What is the verb in the sentence?
She walked to the store last night.
a)
last
b)
She
c)
night
d)
walked
10.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Phillip reads a few pages everyday.

a)

every

b)

reads

c)

pages

d)

few

11.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.

a)

on

b)

the

c)

climbed

d)

mountain

12.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Percy collected many fine seashells on the beach.

a)

many

b)

fine

c)

collected

d)

on

13.

What is the verb in the sentence below?


Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

a)

about

b)

taught

c)

the

d)

class

14.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.

a)

painted

b)

for

c)

in

d)

many

15.

Which one of these verbs expresses a mental action?

a)

Liz dances horribly

b)

She eats a lot.

c)

He cries at night.

d)

I consider it useful.

16.
Which type of verb expresses a physical or mental activity?
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
c)
linking verb
d)
noun
17.
Which word is the action verb?
Gavin practiced soccer yesterday.
a)
practiced
b)
yesterday
c)
Gavin
d)
soccer
18.
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.
19.

Choose the sentence with the mental verb.

wonder when we will be able to go back to school.

a)

I play a lot of board games at home with my family.

b)

Students sleep later since they don't have to go to school.

c)

I wonder when we will be able to go back to school.

d)

She drew a beautiful picture.

20.

Choose the visible verb.

a)

think

b)

decide

c)

laugh

d)

suspect

21.

Choose the sentence with the mental verb.

a)

I recognize her from the photograph.

b)

She watched All American.

c)

He played Uno.

d)

I wrote my journal entry on Schoology.

22.

The sun rises in the morning.

a)

rises

b)

morning

c)

sun

d)

none

23.

Find the verb:


I knew the answers.

a)

I

b)

knew

c)

the

d)

answers

24.

Find the verb:


We rolled down the hill.

a)

We

b)

rolled

c)

down

d)

hill

25.

Find the verb:


I want eggs for breakfast.

a)

want

b)

eggs

c)

for

d)

breakfast

26.

"The cat pounced onto the chair." This has a _ verb.

a)

mental

b)

visible

27.

Find the verb:


Tommy accidentally broke the window with the ball.

a)

accidentally

b)

broke

c)

with

d)

window

28.

Identify the verb. We held a Zoom birthday party.

a)

held

b)

Zoom

c)

birthday

d)

party

29.

Which of the following sentences contains a linking verb?

a)

Mom ran to the store five minutes ago.

b)

She might wash her car.

c)

He is angry at me.

30.

Which of the helping verb families can also be linking verbs?

a)

may

b)

do

c)

should

d)

be

31.

Which of the following sentences uses the word am as a linking verb?

a)

I am watching a hummingbird.

b)

I am an athlete.

32.

Which of the following sentences uses the word smells as a linking verb?

a)

My car smells nice.

b)

I smell something weird in my car.

33.

I am the most prepared member of the group.

a)

am

b)

I am

c)

the

d)

most prepared

34.

Her brothers are the sloppiest boys in the class.

a)

the

b)

brothers

c)

Her

d)

are

35.

Mr. Applegate was my favorite coach.

a)

Mr. Applegate

b)

was

c)

my

d)

favorite

36.

She is the hardest worker in the class.

a)

She

b)

the

c)

is

d)

worker

37.

She was best player in the history of the school.

a)

in

b)

She

c)

best player

d)

was

38.

Basketball is a very difficult sport.

a)

Basketball

b)

is

c)

a very

d)

difficult

39.

Kim was the winner of the school’s long jump contest.

a)

was

b)

Kim

c)

the winner

d)

of

40.

Her parents were very secretive yesterday.

a)

Her parents

b)

were

c)

very

d)

yesterday

41.

Danny was the first person in the classroom.

a)

person

b)

the first

c)

was

d)

Danny

42.

They were sleepy from the day’s activities.

a)

were

b)

They

c)

sleepy

d)

from