Parts of Speech- Verbs

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis

Planet Earth (a)   (to be) the third planet in our Solar System.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis

Sally is going to the park. She (a)   (to love) going there.

Nouns are

• words that name actions

• words that name people, places, things, etc.

• words that join ideas, phrases, and sentences

• words that describe other names

What kind of verb is bolded? After playing in the championship game, the team looked exhausted.

• Irregular

• Action

• Linking

• Auxiliary

Good morning, my name is Mr. Morales. I ________ your teacher.

• is

• am

• are

• being

A __________ verb accompanies another verb to help express its tense, mood, or voice.

• Action verb

• Linking verb

• Auxiliary verb

• Irregular verb

Which one of these verbs is irregular?

• walk

• smile

• need

• swim

Identify if the underlined word in the sentence is a noun, adjective, or verb:

In two years, the now sophomores will be seniors and begin applying for college.

• noun

• adjective

• verb

• none of the above

Identify which word is a verb:

• Gatsby

• Build

• Italian

• Bryan

Identify which word in the following sentence is the verb:

Christopher and Landry ask Mrs. Hodge if they can sit next to one another in English class.

• Mrs. Hodge

• sit

• next to

• English