This is the Verb quiz in literacy class. This quiz is about the Main verb, Helping Verb, and Verb Phrase!
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- What is an action verb? Give three examples. Action verb is tell what we doing for example Run, Walk, and Drink.
- What is a helping verb? List four examples. Helping verb is the verb that help the action verb in the sentence more clear. For example Are, Has, Is, and Might.
- Does every sentence have a helping verb? No
- What are the parts in a verb phrase? Write me a sentence and make the verb phrase pink.
The part of verb phrase is HV + AV or + MV + Infinitive I am going to Koh Kong.
- Does every sentence have a main verb? YES!!!
- Can a sentence have more than one main verb? NO!!!
- Yesterday was Monday. ←- In this sentence, WAS is not a helping verb. Why not? Because it don’t have the action verb. Good!
- Helping verbs usually tell more about the action verb. What do they tell about the action verb? They tell when does the action verb happen. Yes!!
Write AV for action verb or HV for helping verb. If it is not a verb at all, write NO.
- stopping AV 6. been HV 11. works AV
- at No 7. caught AV 12. erases AV
- grew AV 8. conjugating AV 13. had HV
- were HV 9. can HV 14. worse No
- nice No 10. muddiest No 15. down No
- Hongly ran home.
HV = No
AV = Ran
MV = Ran
VP = No
- Kanha and Sreypich were laughing together.
HV = were
AV = Laughing
MV = Laughing
VP = Were laughing
- The desk is green.
HV = No
AV = No
MV = is
VP = No
- Tomorrow it will rain.
HV = Will
AV = Rain
MV = Rain
VP = Will rain
- He was walking down the stairs.
HV = was
AV = walking
MV = walking
VP = was walking
- I want to go to Phnom Penh tonight.
HV = No
AV = No
MV = Want
VP = Want to go