**QUIZ** (might look familiar...)

Identify the verb/verb phrase in the sentence. Label it action, helping, or linking.

Mrs. Sullivan could not find her keys on Monday.

• could not find - action

• could not find - helping

• could not find - linking

Is the following capitalized verb a helping verb or linking verb?

Maggie LOOKS content as she reads her novel.

• action

• helping

• linking

Is the following CAPITALIZED verb a helping verb/main verb or linking?

After hockey practice, Mark WILL HAVE SPENT two hours at the rink.

• linking

• helping/main verb (phrase)

Identify the verb in the following sentence and label it action, helping, or linking.

Dylan appears relaxed after the much-needed brain break.

• relaxed - linking

• appears - action

• appears - linking

• relaxed - helping

Is the following CAPITALIZED verb a helping or linking verb?

Sydney IS quite independent.

• is - helping

• is - linking

What BEST defines a helping verb?

• It has to work with something else.

• It is used alongside a main verb to create a verb phrase.

• It acts as a link in the sentence.

What BEST defines a linking verb?

• It links something in the sentence.

• It links the subject to the predicate, and it takes the place of an equal sign.

• It helps the verbs in the sentence.

Dan FEELS exhilarated about the "A" on his test.

FEELS is a/an...

• helping verb

• action verb

• linking verb

• helinking verb

Identify the verb in the sentence, and tell whether it is action, helping, or linking.

Lily looked up at the sky as it was quite radiant.

• looked - linking

• looked - helping

• looked - action

Identify the verb in the sentence and whether it is action, linking, or helping.

Mrs. Sullivan threw the Ball of Knowledge to inquisitive students.

• inquisitive - action

• threw - action

• Mrs. Sullivan - helping

• students