Helping Verbs | Linking Verbs | Action verbs | Predicate Nominatives | Predicate Adjectives |
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Find the helping verb in the following sentence.
I was doing my homework.
Was.
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Find the linking verb in the following sentence.
He is happy.
Is.
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Find the action verb in the following sentence.
The cow jumped.
Jumped.
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Find the predicate nominative in the following sentence.
Patrick is a dwarf.
Dwarf.
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Find the predicate adjective in the following sentence.
He is awesome.
Awesome
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Find the helping verb in the following sentence.
The people were walking down the street.
Were.
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Find the linking verb in the following sentence.
She walked and was sad.
Was.
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Find the action verb in the following sentence.
He was to short to reach over the moon.
Reach.
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Find the predicate nominative in the following sentence.
He is the leader of everything.
Leader
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Find the predicate adjective in the following sentence.
He is very okay.
Okay
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Find the helping verb in the following sentence.
He went to the store, and now he is sleeping.
Is.
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Find the linking verb in the following sentence.
They all were smartly thinking about the test.
Were.
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Find the action verb in the following sentence.
He ran a mile in twelve minutes.
Ran.
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Find the predicate nominative in the following sentence.
You are a member of the group.
Member
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Find the predicate adjective in the following sentence.
They are a hard worker.
Hard worker
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What part of speech does a helping verb usually come directly in front of?
An action verb.
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What part of speech does a linking verb usually come directly in front of?
An adjective.
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Find the action verbs in the following sentence.
He flew to mars and touched the sky.
Flew and touched.
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Find the predicate nominative in the following sentence.
She is dancing like a star.
Star
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Find the predicate adjective in the following sentence.
They are extremely happy and cool.
Happy and cool.
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Define a helping verb
A helping verb is used to add functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears.
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Define a linking verb.
Linking verbs connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
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Define an action verb.
Verbs that describe actions
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Define predicate nominative.
The predicate nominative is the noun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.
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Define predicate adjective.
A predicate adjective describes the subject and is following a linking verb.
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