A. DIRECTIONS: Identify each underlined verb by writing action or linking.
Our volleyball team won its last six games.
Yuko is our best server.
Even when we’re losing, she never seems nervous or upset.
The ball rockets off her hand.
Opponents feel helpless as the ball slices toward them.
action
linking
linking
action
action
DIRECTIONS: Underline the verb or verb phrase in each sentence. Then, write which principal part appears (present, present participle, past, or past participle).
____________The chickadees have eaten all the seed in the feeder.
__________Stephanie looked in the cupboard for more bird seed.
_________The whole family is watching birds at the feeder.
___________They are going to the store to buy more seed.
___________A lonely sparrow has landed on the empty feeder.
The chickadees have eaten all the seed in the feeder.
Verb: eaten
Principal Part: past participle
Stephanie looked in the cupboard for more bird seed.
Verb: looked
Principal Part: past
The whole family is watching birds at the feeder.
Verb: is watching
Principal Part: present participle
They are going to the store to buy more seed.
Verb: are going
Principal Part: present participle
A lonely sparrow has landed on the empty feeder.
Verb: has landed
Principal Part: present participle