Verbs — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the correct answer for each question.
1. Which word is a verb?
A) happy
B) dog
C) run
D) big
'run' is a verb — it names an action. 'happy' is an adjective, 'dog' is a noun, 'big' is an adjective.
2. Which sentence has a verb?
A) A big blue ball.
B) The dog runs fast.
C) Under the tree.
D) Very tall giraffe.
'The dog runs fast.' has the verb 'runs'. The other options are phrases without verbs — they are not complete sentences.
3. What is the verb in 'She sings a song'?
A) She
B) sings
C) a
D) song
'sings' is the verb — it tells what she does. 'She' is a pronoun (noun), 'a' is an article, 'song' is a noun.
4. Which verb tells about the PAST?
A) run
B) jump
C) jumped
D) plays
'jumped' is past tense — it tells about something that already happened. The -ed ending marks past tense.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on the line.
1. Every complete sentence needs a noun and a verb.
Every complete sentence needs a noun (who/what) and a verb (action/state).
2. In 'The bird flew away,' the verb is flew.
'flew' is the verb — it tells what the bird did. 'Flew' is the past tense of 'fly'.
3. A verb that ends in -ed usually tells about the past.
Verbs ending in -ed are usually past tense. 'jumped' = jump + ed, 'walked' = walk + ed.
4. In 'We are happy,' the verb 'are' is a state of being verb.
'are' is a state-of-being verb. It tells what we are, not what we do.
5. The verbs 'am, is, are, was, were' are all state of being verbs.
Am, is, are, was, and were are all state-of-being verbs. They tell what something is rather than what it does.