Quiz for Lessons 1-5 - Parts of Speech - Verbs

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Instructions: List the verbs or verb phrases in the sentences, and tell whether they are action verbs or linking verbs. For extra credit, find the helping verbs.

1. Jim plays basketball.

2. They will return on the airplane.

3. Badger is a funny dog.

4. I have been here a long time.

5. I should have been playing the drum.

6. Go home.

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Answers:

1. Jim plays basketball.

    - action verb

2. They will return on the airplane.

    - action verbs
    will - helping verb
    return - main verb

3. Badger is a funny dog.

    - linking verb

4. I have been here a long time.

    - linking verbs
    have - helping verb
    been - main verb

5. I should have been playing the drum.

    - action verbs
    should have been - helping verbs
    playing - main verb

6. Go home.

     - action verb

Hint: The last verb in a verb phrase is always the main verb.

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