Verbs and Verb Phrases

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Have you ever counted the number of different bugs in a field at one time?

• have

• ever

• counted

• number

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

What are the verbs in this sentence?

You would not have an easy job!

• You

• would

• not

• have

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Scientists have identified about five million different species of insects.

• scientists

• have

• identified

• insects

What are the verbs in this sentence?

From one batch of eggs, some insects can produce 2,000 identical offspring.

• batch

• eggs

• can

• produce

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Ants have built some incredible underground cities with hundreds of tunnels.

• have

• underground

• hundreds

• built

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Of course all ants do not work all of the time.

• course

• do

• not

• work

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Some ants will kidnap the workers from another tribe of ants.

• Some

• will

• kidnap

• another

What are the verbs in this sentence?

A dragonfly can fly faster than 50 miles per hour.

• can

• fly

• faster

• hour

What are the verbs in this sentence?

Cockroaches have existed on Earth 265 million years longer than humans.

• cockroaches

• have

• existed

• longer

What are the verbs in this sentence?

The insects actually have not changed very much in all that time.

• actually

• have

• not

• changed