2-Verbs Quiz - Jaimie Richmond | Biblioteka

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True or false? Verbs are often described as "doing" or "action" words.

True

False

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Click on the verb.

The cat chased the mouse.

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Click on the verb.

Jane swims every morning.

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Click on the verb.

My uncle drives a bus.

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Click on the verb.

The mayor's daughter's will sing after the break.

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Which sentence has a "state of being" verb?

Grimaldi was at the party.

John guessed the right number.

He ran through the water.

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Which sentence has a verb describing a mental action?

Aliens exist in far away galaxies.

Claire thinks she is clever.

Tell me a story.

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True or false? Every sentence has a verb.

True

False

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Which sentence has a verb in the past tense?

The cat chased the mouse.

The cat will chase the mouse.

The cat chases the mouse.

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Which sentence has a verb in the present tense?

The mouse knows the cat is there.

The mouse saw the cat.

The mouse will avoid the cat.

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Which sentence has a verb in the future tense?

Simon will jump in the pool.

Simon hates cold water.

I like apples.

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Click on the auxiliary verb.

My uncle was driving a bus when he met my auntie.

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Click on the auxiliary verb.

My uncle is driving a bus around Europe.

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Click on the auxiliary verb.

The mayor's daughters were singing before the break.

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Click on the present participle.

The mayor's daughters were singing before the break.

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True or false? Words ending "-ing" formed from verbs are called present participles.

True

False

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Which sentence has the verb phrase in bold?

My uncle has driven for twenty years.

My uncle had driven a bus before he became an astronaut.

My uncle will have driven for thirty years when he retires.

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Which sentence has the verb phrase in bold?

My uncle had driven a bus before he became an astronaut.

My uncle will have driven for thirty years when he retires.

My uncle has driven for twenty years.

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Click on the auxiliary verb.

Peter had driven a bus before he became an astronaut.

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True or false? A finite verb is a verb that has a subject and shows tense.

True

False

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Click on the finite verb.

The mayor's daughters were singing before the break.

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Click on the non-finite verb.

The mayor's daughters were singing before the break.

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Click on the modal auxiliary verb.

The cat might chase the mouse.

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Click on the modal auxiliary verb.

Jane can speak French.

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Select the modal auxiliary verb.

look

want

would

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Select the modal auxiliary verb.

may

speak

think

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Click on the linking verb.

The cat is hungry.

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Select the sentence with a linking verb.

I like cake.

I am hungry.

I am eating cake.

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Click on the linking verb.

Your dog smells awful.

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Select the past participle. (past-tense verb)

My uncle had driven a bus before he became an astronaut.