Thursday, August 28, 2014

Verb Worksheets

Verb Review

A verb tells of an action or state of being.

There are verbs that indicate action. These are called action verbs, it tells that something is happening, has happened, or will happen.

Examples:

Robert shouted.
The birds flew.

There are also verbs that tells something is existing. These are the linking verbs, they link the subject with some other word or words in the sentence.

Example of commonly used linking verbs:
be (am, are, is, was, were, been, being)

The assembly is tomorrow.
Lynn feels sick.


Verbs that are made up of a main verb and another helping verb is called verb phrases.

Besides the commonly used verbs (mentioned above), helping verbs also include these words:

has shall may could do
have will should might did
had can would must does

For more details and worksheets about verbs, you can download our free printable docs below.

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