Action, Linking, Helping Verbs
1.
Select the letter of the choice that best identifies the verb or verbs in ALL CAPS.
Tony and Mario LEFT for the lake just before six in the morning.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb
e. verb phrase
2.
Select the letter of the choice that best identifies the verb or verbs in ALL CAPS.
We WATCHED the play with riveted attention.
a. transitive verb
b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb
d. auxiliary verb
e. verb phrase
3.
My father's alarm clock
(ring) every morning at 5:30 a.m.
a. ring
b. ringes
c. rings
d. ringing
4.
The train stopped.
Is this sentence using a transitive or intransitive verb?
a. transitive
b. intransitive
5.
A
is a verb that expresses an action directed toward a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
a. intransitive verb
b. helping verb
c. transitive verb
6.
An
is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity.
a. verb
b. linking verb
c. action verb
d. main verb
7.
Identify the verb in the sentence and then label it as ACTION or LINKING.
1. The BRMS football team performs on and off the football field.
2. Hollister has grown four inches since the start of the school year.
3. Anna speaks English and Spanish fluently.
a. performs/action; has grown/action; speaks/action
b. on/linking; grown/action; speaks/linking
c. performs/linking; has grown/linking; fluently/linking
8.
Identify the verbs in the following sentences: label them as ACTION or LINKING
1. Everyone felt sorry for Josh.
2. Some people just talk way too much.
3. Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana.
a. felt/action; talk/action; is/linking
b. felt/linking; talk/linking; is/action
c. sorry/action; way/linking; the/action
9.
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence:
He wondered about the future of his family.
a. he, his
b. about
c. wondered
d. He, future, his, family
10. Identify the verb and tell if it is transitive or intransitive.
The raindrops danced on the pavement.
a. raindrops/transitive
b. pavement/transitive
c. danced/intransitive
d. danced/transitive
11. A
connects, or links the subject to the predicate. It does not show action.
a. Helping/Main Verb
b. Linking Verb
c. Action Verb
12. Identify the verb in the sentence below as action or linking
The cat looks sick.
a. action
b. linking
13. The word "are" is a linking verb in the sentence, "Birds are the only animals with feathers."
a. True
b. False
14. We
a. am
b. is
c. are
15. Is the verb transitive or intransitive?
Allison studied long into the night.
a. transitive
b. intransitive
16. Is the verb transitive or intransitive?
The child closed his eyes.
a. transitive
b. intransitive
17. Is the verb transitive, intransitive, or linking?
Niagra Falls sounds deafening.
a. transitive
b. intransitive
c. linking verb
18. Is the verb action or linking?
The children waded in the fountain.
a. action
b. linking
19. Is the verb action or linking?
Jackie played her harmonica for the school talent show.
a. action
b. linking
20. Is the verb action or linking?
The Constitution of the United States is our country's rule book.
a. action
b. linking