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AZ 4.L.1b - Action Verbs, State-of-being Verbs, Regular and Irregular Verbs

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Action verbs ___________________.

describe a condition

describe a physical or mental action

none of the above

help the main verb describe the action

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What is the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walks to school.

Sally

walks

to

school

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State-of-being verbs are also called __________.

helping verbs

linking verbs

action verbs

words of being

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What are the eight state-of-being verbs?

there, their, them, I, she, he, they, us

none of the above

am, is, are, she, were, he, us, been

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

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State-of-being verbs are action verbs.

True

False

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What do state-of-being verbs tell you?

They tell you the movement of the subject in the sentence.

All of the above

They tell that the subject is or is being something.

They tell you the action the subject is doing.

5

Find the action verb in the following sentence: Aesop wrote many fables.

many

wrote

fables

10

Find the action verb in the following sentence: The cheese fell toward the ground.

fell

toward

cheese

ground

15

Find the action verb in the following sentence: Mr. Fox laughed at the crow.

laughed

at

crow

20

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: Tom said, "I am hungry."

said

am

hungry

25

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: Tom and Lydia were full after their snack.

were

eating

snack

5

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: I will be in fifth grade next year.

will

grade

will be

10

What are the two forms of present tense?

plain form and s-form

none of the above

action and state-of-being verb forms

irregular and regular verb form

15

To change most plain-form verbs to the s-form, add -s.

True

False

20

For present tense verbs that end in sh, ch, s, x, or z add _____ at the end.

all of the above

-s

-ly

-es

25

For present tense verbs that end in a consonant and y, change y to i and add _____ to the end.

-ly

-s

-ness

-es

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