Action Verbs
Action verbs is a word that shows what someone or something is doing.
Examples:
- Mary sleeps on the couch.
- Jason’s best friend thinks of a plan.
- Ken and his mother cook dinner.
Directions:
Circle the action verb in each sentence below.
- Sally listens to her favorite song.
- Craig hits the baseball over the fence.
- The little pig grunts.
- The roof of the house leaks.
- The hunter searches for a deer.
- Dr. Gold examines his patient.
- The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully.
- The football team dashes out of the locker room.
- Paul reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Mrs. Gray buys a roll of paper towels at the store.
- Judy solves the mystery.
- Harold finds a purple crayon.
Linking Verbs
Verb is a word which expresses action or being.
A linking verb joins the subject and predicate of a sentence.
examples of linking verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Sentence: Jamie was at the park.
Circle the linking verb in each sentence.
- I think the old house is haunted.
- The large, barking dogs were scary.
- My socks are in the top dresser drawer.
- There were five fish in the aquarium.
- The printer has been out of ink all week.
- Will you be on time tomorrow?
- That was a delicious pie.
- Those jackets are too small Billy.
- I am the fastest runner on the team.
- We were the last ones to arrive.
- Gina and Victor have been quiet all afternoon.
- Your clothes are filthy.
May and Might
A modal auxiliary verb is used to modify the mood of a verb. Here is a list of the modal auxiliary verbs:
May:
“May” is used to express permission or possibility. The negative of may is “may not”
Example: I may become a doctor.
In this example “may” is used to express the possibility of me becoming a doctor in the future.
Example: May I have a glass of water?
In this example “may” is used to ask permission to have a glass of water.
Might:
“Might” is used to express possibility. It differs from “may” in that the possibility it expresses is usually smaller. The negative of might is “might not”.
Example: I might become a doctor when I grow up, but I doubt it.
In this example “might” is used to express the small possibility that I will become a doctor when I grow up.
Directions: Circle the correct auxiliary modal verb in each sentence.
- When I grow up, I (may, might) become an engineer.
- There is a small chance the we (may, might) go to the beach this weekend.
- There is a good change that we (might, may) have to postpone the meeting.
- Billy and I (may, might) cook dinner tonight.
- The airplane (might, may) crash.
- You never know, I (may, might) become president one day.
- (May, Might) I have a piece of bread please?
- It (might, may) snow tonight, but I doubt it.
- If Jane studied harder, she (might, may) have gotten a better grade on the test.
- I (might, may) not be coming to your party tonight. I told my mother that I would stay home and make cookies with her already. I’m sorry.