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Action Verbs
Select the sentence which uses an action verb.
A. The cat lounges lazily in the sun. B. That car is the fastest one by far. C. With his foot-long fingernails and sly smile, Big Foot seemed threatening. D. Stan was the last surfer to leave the water when the tidal wave approached.

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Explanation
Only option A features an action the cat lounging. Verbs in the other choices all serve as linking verbs.

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Action Verbs
Which of the following sentences contains more than one action verb? A. Lulu will be angry when she hears about the missing money. B. He dreamed of a an island where the sun was shining brightly. C. She happily announced that the cake was for me. D. The squirrel swished its tail while shaking the snow off its face.

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Explanation
Answer: D. The squirrel swished its tail while shaking the snow off its face.
The squirrel is doing two things: swishing and shaking.

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Linking Verbs
What is a linking verb?
A. A word used with a main verb to indicate tense and mood. B. A verb that links the complement to the sentence subject. C. A word derived from of having characteristics similar to a verb. D. A word or words that combine with a verb to create a phrasal verb.

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Think of it as subject = complement. The chicken is tasty

The salad looks delicious

salad = delicious

chicken = tasty.

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Linking Verbs
Choose the sentence in which the underlined word is acting as a linking verb.
A. B. C. D. The ten-year-old lasagna in your refrigerator smells disgusting. The dog smelled the lasagna suspiciously. We can smell it from a mile away. Use you nose! That lasagna smells!

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 Verbs that refer to the five senses can be linking verbs if they act as an equal sign in the sentence. If they arent equating two ideas, they arent linking verbs.
The ten-year-old lasagna in your refrigerator smells disgusting

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refrigerator = disgusting

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Subject-Verb Agreement
Choose the correct form of to be to complete the following sentence:
When Dad is angry, there __________ a faint green glow in his face that makes me think hes the Hulk. A. B. C. D. Was Were Is Has been

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IS, a singular linking verb, agrees with Dad, the singular subject of the sentence. We know that were looking for the present tense of the verb because the Dad is angry already established that pattern.

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Subject-Verb Agreement
Choose the correct form of to clean to complete the following sentence:
Sams mother told him there was no way he could eat his dinner while _________his room. A. Cleans B. Cleaned C. Cleaning D. Was cleaning

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Sams mother told him there was no way he could eat his dinner while _________his room. Were looking for the present progressive form of the verb here.

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Irregular Verbs
Which of the following sentences contains an irregular verb?
A. B. C. D. John looked out the window. Bill will ask for the soap. Charlie ran the 5K in under thirty minutes. I hope our team wins.

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Most verbs are formed with regular patterns; for example, walk becomes walks, walking, and walked. In sentence C, ran does not conform to this pattern.

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Irregular Verbs
Which of these definitions is accurate about irregular verbs?
A. The past tense and past participle are not produced with the regular endings. B. Irregular verbs are verbs that indicate something is wrong in the sentence. C. All linking verbs are irregular. D. A negative must be present in the sentence for the verb to be irregular.

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An irregular verb does not form its past tense and past participle by adding ed, --d, or t, as regular verbs do. Example of irregular verb: go, went, gone.
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Verb Phrases
What makes up the verb phrase in the following sentence? Your parents should have been told about the situation.
A. B. C. D. Should have been told Been told Should have told Have told

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Explanation
Correct Answer: A, Should have been told. A verb phrase contains the main verb including all its auxiliaries.

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Verb Phrases
What makes up the verb phrase in the following sentence? We really must be going now.
A. B. C. D. Going Be going Must be going Really must be going

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Must be going the modal must is a necessary part of the main verb phrase, as it conveys the mood of the main verb. Without the modal, we lose the sense of obligation in the sentence.

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Million Dollar Question

Which sentence does not contain a phrasal verb?
A. He stood up for his girlfriend. B. Sarah came down with the flu. C. Jenny always goes above and beyond on her projects. D. Take off that jacket!

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Explanation
A. B. C. D. He stood up for his girlfriend. Sarah came down with the flu. Jenny always goes above and beyond on her projects. Take off that jacket!

This adverbial phrase describes how Jenny goes it is a common saying, but not a phrasal verb.

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