Verbs

A verb is a part of speech that...

• describes a noun
• is a person, place, or thing
• shows action, state-of-being, or occurrence

• describes a verb

What is the verb in this sentence?
Sal listens to his favorite song.

• listens
• Sal
• song
• favorite

What is the verb in this sentence?
Craig hits the baseball over the fence.

• fence
• over
• baseball
• hits

What is the linking verb in the sentence?
The glass looked dirty.

• The
• glass
• looked
• dirty

What is the linking verb in the sentence?
Matt Perez will be the captain of the team.

• Matt Perez
• captain
• team
• will be

What tense is the verb in this sentence?

It will save me much work.

• past
• present
• future

What is the tense of the verb?
We will dance all night long.

• Present
• Past
• Future

Helping verbs are added before another verb to make a verb phrase.
What is the helping verb in this sentence?
Jeffrey has hit the most home runs.

• home runs
• most
• has
• hit

Linking verbs LINK the subject to a word that describes it.
What is the linking verb in this sentence?
Kevin is a fireman.

• Kevin
• is
• Bellevue
• fireman

Choose the correct verb so that the sentence has consistent verb usage.

In a tropical rainforest, you hear, _______, and feel a variety of new and interesting things.

• saw
• had seen
• see
• are seeing