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7/29/2019 Smarter Than A Fifth Grader Verbs

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Action Verbs

/ Select the sentence which uses anaction 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 waterwhen the tidal wave approached.


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Explanation

Only option A features an action the cat

lounging. Verbs in the other choices allserve as linking verbs.

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Action Verbs

/ Which of the following sentences containsmore 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 wasfor me.

D.The squirrel swished its tail while shakingthe 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 doingtwo things:

swishingand 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 sentencesubject.

C. A word derived from of having characteristics

similar to a verb.

D. A word or words that combine with a verb tocreate a phrasal verb.


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Explanation

Think of it as subject =

complement.

The chicken is tasty

chicken = tasty.

The salad looks delicious

salad = delicious

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Linking Verbs

/ Choose the sentence in which the

underlined word is acting as a linking

verb.A. The ten-year-old lasagna in yourrefrigerator smells disgusting.

B. The dog smelled the lasagna suspiciously.

C. We can smell it from a mile away.

D. Use you nose! That lasagna smells!


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Explanation

Verbs that refer to the five senses canbelinking 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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Subject-Verb Agreement

/ Choose the correct form ofto 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. Was

B. Were

C. Is

D.Has been


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Explanation

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 angryalreadyestablished that pattern.

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Subject-Verb Agreement

/ Choose the correct form ofto clean to

complete the following sentence:

Sams mother told him there was no way he

could eat his dinner while _________hisroom.

A.Cleans

B.CleanedC.Cleaning

D.Was cleaning


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Explanation

Sams mother told him there was noway he could eat his dinner while

_________his room.

Were looking for the present progressiveform of the verb here.

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Irregular Verbs/ Which of the following sentences

contains an irregular verb?

A. John looked out the window.

B. Bill will ask for the soap.

C. Charlie ran the 5K in under thirty minutes.

D. I hope our team wins.


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Explanation

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 accurateabout irregular verbs?

A. The past tense and past participle are notproduced with the regular endings.

B. Irregular verbs are verbs that indicatesomething 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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Explanation

An irregular verb

does not form its

past tense and pastparticiple by adding

ed, --d, ort, as

regular verbs do.

Example of

irregular verb: go,

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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. Should have been told

B. Been told

C. Should have told

D. Have told


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Explanation

Correct Answer: A, Should have beentold. A verb phrase contains the main

verb including all its auxiliaries.

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Explanation

Must be going

the modal must is a

necessary part of the

main verb phrase, as itconveys the mood of the

main verb. Without the

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Million Dollar Question

Which sentence does not contain aphrasal 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. 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 offthat jacket! This adverbial phrase

describes how Jenny goes

it is a common saying,

but not a phrasal verb.

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