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Gris Grimly's Frankenstein Helping/Linking/Action Verb practice

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the type of verb in the sentence.

"Henry Clerval was a boy of singular talent and fancy."

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

d)

article

2.

Identify the underlined type of verbs in the sentence.

"I delighted in investigating the facts relative to the actual world; she busied herself in following the aerial creations of the poets."

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

d)

adverb

3.

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash."

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

d)

article

4.

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Elizabeth, my love, you must supply my place to your younger cousins."

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

d)

article

5.

Identify the type of verb underlined in the sentence.

"Tears gushed from the eyes of Elizabeth."

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

d)

article

6.

Identify the helping verb in the sentence.

"I alighted, and was conducted to my solitary apartment to spend the evening."

a)

alighted

b)

was

c)

conducted

d)

my

7.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

"I mentioned, it is true, with fear and trembling, the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects."

a)

is

b)

with

c)

had

d)

upon

8.

Identify the action verb in the sentence.

"Every minute that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost."

a)

have

b)

wasted

c)

is

d)

lost

9.

Identify the linking verb in the sentence.

"His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful."

a)

His

b)

limbs

c)

were

d)

had

10.

Identify the helping verb(s) in the sentence.

"For this I had deprived myself of rest and health."

a)

For

b)

this

c)

had

d)

deprived

11.

Identify the action verb(s) in the sentence.

"His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds."

a)

His

b)

opened

c)

muttered

d)

some

12.

Identify the linking verb(s) in the sentence.

"How fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my alighting!"

a)

How

b)

should

c)

be

d)

moment