20 questions
Auxiliary verbs help main verbs. Example = The dog will bark at me. Will helps out bark. Which of the following is an auxiliary verb in the following sentence: The class will pass the test.
pass
will
class
test
Some verbs link subjects with the adjectives that describe them. The dog smells funny. Smells links dog with funny. Which is a linking verb in this sentence? It smells gross in here.
It
smells
gross
here
Which verb is helping another main verb in this sentence? I will do my homework. (This is the auxiliary verb.)
I
will
do
homework
There are 7 be verbs to remember: Be, Been, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were. Find the BE verb in the following sentence: The students are talented.
The
students
are
talented
Is the following underlined word a BE verb? The football players and cheerleaders left early.
NO!
YES!
Is the following underlined word in the sentence a BE verb? I am tired.
NO!
YES!
Is the following underlined word a BE verb? Where is my supersuit?!
NO!
YES!
Is the following underlined word a BE verb? I have been robbed!
NO!
YES!
The following verbs are linking verbs: look, feel, smell, sound, taste, become, appear, grow, remain, seem, stay, turn. Find the linking verb in this sentence: My garden grows roses annually.
garden
grows
roses
annually
Find the linking verb in this sentence:
That music sounds great!
That
music
sounds
great
What is the future tense of play?
am playing
will play
have played
had played
What is the past tense of drink?
drinks
drinked
drank
What is the future tense of clean?
cleans
cleaning
will clean
What is the past tense of freeze?
freezes
froze
frozed
What is the past tense of make?
will make
made
makes
is making
Which of the following word is a helping verb or auxiliary verb?
maybe
might
definitely
made
BE verbs can act as linking verbs! That might be crazy! Find the BE verb acting like a linking verb in the following sentence: The girl is happy.
girl
is
happy
Verbs are part of the predicate of a sentence. Look at this underlined example of a predicate: The song is heard from around the world. What is the helping verb in that underlined part of the sentence?
is
heard
around
world
Ought is a helping verb too although we NEVER use it anymore. Which of the following is an auxiliary verb?
ought
becomes
am
appears
Linking verbs link the subject to the adjective that describes it.
TRUE
FALSE