Action and Linking Verbs U3 W 1

Choose the verb in the sentence.

Mr. Bailey's life was hard.

• life

• was

• hard

Choose the verb in the sentence.

He worked at many jobs.

• worked

• many

• jobs

Choose the verb in each sentence.

Farmers raised pigs, sheep, and cows.

• Farmers

• raised

• sheep

Choose the verb in the sentence.

They also grew crops.

• they

• grew

• crops

Choose the linking verb.

Farms in the old days were smaller than today's farms.

• farms

• days

• were

Choose the linking verb.

Modern farms seem more like factories.

• farms

• seem

• factories

Choose the action verb.

Farmers today often specialize in only one crop.

• farmers

• specialize

• crop

Choose the action verb.

Long ago, farmers milked cows by hand.

• farmers

• milked

• cows

Choose the action verb.

Today, they use machines.

• today

• use

• machines

Choose the action verb.

Hens sometimes wandered into the farmhouse.

• hens

• wandered

• farmhouse