Beach Park
Verbs Quick Review
Name ____________________________
Circle or fill in the correct answer.
Question #1:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
We can swim across the river.
action
linking
Question #2:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
The sky is gray.
linking
action
Question #3:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
Dr. Smart gave his students a test.
action
linking
Question #4:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
Does your sandwich taste good?
linking
action
Question #5:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
Marcel seems happy today.
linking
action
Question #6:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
The girls appear excited.
linking
action
Question #7:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
The coyote howled at the moon.
action
linking
Question #8:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
Lars is an intelligent and handsome young
man.
action
linking
Question #9:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
The river is broad and swift.
action
linking
Question #10:
Is the verb in this sentence action or
linking?
The speaker will read the inscription on
the trophy.
action
linking
Question #11:
_________tense shows action that will be
completed before some definite time in the
future.
Question #12:
________ tense shows action that occurred
in the past before another past action.
Question #13:
Yesterday, Margo lost her keys.
_________ tense
Beach Park
Verbs Quick Review
Name ____________________________
Circle or fill in the correct answer.
Question #14:
Her husband attends the University of
Arkansas as a graduate student.
_________ tense
Question #15:
The class had studied ten different animals
during the semester.
_________ tense
Question #16:
Before the driver’s test, the car will have
been checked for safety.
_________ tense
Question #17:
The football players are practicing every
day.
_________ tense
Question #18:
We hike the mountain after a long ride in a
junky bus.
_________ tense
Question #19:
Mrs. Barrett has given that test for the last
ten years.
_________ tense
Question #20:
The twins will stay with their grandmother
during the summer.
_________ tense
Question #21:
Paul has gone to the store for his mother.
_________ tense
Question #22:
Let us go together.
_________ tense
Question #23:
The bucking bronco threw the young
cowboy to the ground.
_________ tense
Question #24:
They had left the mall before noon.
_________ tense
Question #25:
By the end of summer band practice, the
band members will have drunk one
hundred gallons of water.
_________ tense
Beach Park
Verbs Quick Review
Answer Key
1. action
2. linking
3. action
4. linking
5. linking
6. linking
7. action
8. linking
9. linking
10. action
11. "future perfect" OR "Future perfect"
12. "past perfect" OR "Past perfect"
13. "past" OR "past tense"
14. "present" OR "present tense"
15. "past perfect" OR "past perfect tense"
16. "future perfect" OR "future perfect
tense"
17. "present" OR "present progressive"
18. "past" OR "past tense"
19. "present perfect" OR "present perfect
tense"
20. "future" OR "future tense"
21. "present perfect" OR "present perfect
tense"
22. "present" OR "present tense"
23. "past" OR "past tense"
24. "past perfect" OR "past perfect tense"
25. "future perfect" OR "future perfect
tense"