Question

fill in the blank with an appropriate action verb

1. hal jordan ______ the green lantern corps.
2. they ______ against sinestro.
3. i ______ a stylish hawaiian shirt.
4. the storm ______ through the area.
5. batman and superman ______ the justice league.
6. my dog ______ his tennis ball.
7. i ____ and ____ my lawn yesterday.
8. i ______ pancakes and bacon for breakfast.
9. the rain ______ very heavily for about ten minutes.
10. we ______ a show about restoring old houses.

fill in the blank with an appropriate linking verb

1. i ______ very tired yesterday.
2. the avocados ______ a little too mush for me.
3. you ______ crazy to think that!
4. the students ______ after class to get help.
5. i dont think that ______ very good.
6. what ______ so bad?
7. the kids ______ badly behaved and got in trouble.
8. ______ at home is the best.
9. the homework ______ easy tonight.
10. we ______ the champions.

circle all action verbs and underline all linking verbs

1. when will the next avengers movie come out?
2. i ran home and grabbed my wallet so i could buy lunch.

Explanation:

Identify action verbs

Action verbs express physical or mental actions. We need to fill in an appropriate action verb for the tenth sentence in the first section: "We ________ a show about restoring old houses." A natural action verb for watching or viewing a television show in the past or present tense is "watched" or "saw".

Identify linking verbs

Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement (an adjective or noun that describes or identifies the subject). They do not show action. Let's determine appropriate linking verbs for each sentence in the second section:

1. "I ________ very tired yesterday." -> Past tense, first-person singular: "was".
2. "The avocados ________ a little too mushy for me." -> Past or present plural: "were" or "are".
3. "You ________ crazy to think that!" -> Present tense second-person: "are" (or past "were").
4. "The students ________ after class to get help." -> Note: This sentence asks for a linking verb, but "stayed" or "remained" can act as linking verbs when followed by an adjective, or we can use "were". "Stayed" fits the context of remaining after class.
5. "I don't think that ________ very good." -> Singular third-person: "is" or "was".
6. "What ________ so bad?" -> Singular third-person: "is" or "was" or "smells" / "tastes" (sensory linking verbs). "is" or "smells" fits well.
7. "The kids ________ badly behaved and got in trouble." -> Plural past tense: "were".
8. "________ at home is the best." -> This requires a gerund acting as a noun subject, or a verb phrase. If looking for a linking verb form, "Being" acts as the state-of-being gerund: "Being at home is the best."
9. "The homework ________ easy tonight." -> Singular present/past: "is", "seems", or "was".
10. "We ________ the champions." -> Plural present/past: "are" or "were".

Analyze action and linking verbs to identify

For the final section, we must identify action verbs (to circle) and linking verbs (to underline):

1. "When will the next Avengers movie come out?"

• "will come out" is the verb phrase. "come" is an action verb.

1. "I ran home and grabbed my wallet so I could buy lunch."

• "ran" (action verb)
• "grabbed" (action verb)
• "could buy" (verb phrase: "could" is an auxiliary verb, "buy" is an action verb)
• There are no linking verbs in these two sentences.

Answer:

Section 1: Fill in the blank with an appropriate ACTION VERB (Question 10)

1. We <blank>watched</blank> a show about restoring old houses.

Section 2: Fill in the blank with an appropriate LINKING VERB

1. I <blank>was</blank> very tired yesterday.
2. The avocados <blank>were</blank> a little too mush for me.
3. You <blank>are</blank> crazy to think that!
4. The students <blank>stayed</blank> after class to get help.
5. I don't think that <blank>is</blank> very good.
6. What <blank>smells</blank> so bad?
7. The kids <blank>were</blank> badly behaved and got in trouble.
8. <blank>Being</blank> at home is the best.
9. The homework <blank>seems</blank> easy tonight.
10. We <blank>are</blank> the champions.

Section 3: Circle all ACTION VERBS and underline all LINKING VERBS

1. When will the next Avengers movie come (action verb) out?
2. I ran (action verb) home and grabbed (action verb) my wallet so I could buy (action verb) lunch.

(Note: There are no linking verbs present in these two sentences to underline.)