Verb Test Study Guide
6th Grade English
1. Define a verb:
2. T / F a group of words that has no verb is a sentence.
3. Define an auxiliary verb:
4. What are some examples of auxiliary verbs?
5. Auxiliary verb + verb =
6. What are the three principal parts of verbs?
7. Write out the principal parts for the verb call and the verb fly:
Call:
Fly:
8. What are the troublesome verbs? Do you know the principal parts for each?
9. Define a transitive verb:
10. Define an intransitive verb:
11. Use the verb write as both a transitive and intransitive verb:
12. What is a linking verb?
13. List a few examples of linking verbs. Write sentences that use each linking verb. Try using the verb
to link the subject in each sentence to a noun, pronoun, and adjective.
14. What are the simple tenses?
15. Write out the simple tenses for the verb go.
16. What are the compound tenses?
17. Write out the compound tenses for the verb choose.
18. Is and was go with __________ subjects.
19. Are and were go with _________subjects.
20. There (is, are) a stack of papers on the desk.
21. Neither of the books (is, are) good.
22. Everybody in the cars (is, are) warm.
Verb Test 1 Review
Underline the verb phrase
1. We have worked hard all week.
2. My name was not called by the leader.
3. Because of their creative, exciting ideas.
4. On top of the huge mountain.
5. How do people get those model ships into
bottles?
Fix the verb in each sentence. Some may be correct.
6. Ted and Rene have wrote many poems.
7. I drank two glasses of juice.
8. The bell had rang.
9. The leopard lays behind the bushes.
10. How long has it laid there?
11. Now lie your hands on your head and run in place.
12. Sit those lightbulbs down carefully.
13. Helena slowly rose her hand.
14. He let all the dinosaur bones undisturbed.
15. Abraham Lincoln learned himself by reading
borrowed books.
Underline the verb. Determine if it is transitive or intransitive.
16. Jenny cleaned her room very thoroughly.
17. The bells on Karin’s costume jingled softly.
18. The president resides in Washington, D.C.
19. Galileo studied the planets with a telescope.
20. I actually flew in a helicopter.
21. My uncle flew an antique airplane in the air
show.
Identify the verb. Determine if it is a linking verb or an action verb. If it’s a linking verb, identify
the complement.
22. Louisa became an excellent gymnast.
23. Trojans were enemies of the ancient Greeks.
24. The poppy-seed bagels are still warm.
25. The flowers grow in the garden.
26. The day grows hot.
28. I feel the warm summer sun.
29. I feel warm in the summer sun.
30. The soup tastes bland.
31. I taste the bland soup.