1. Action Verb Helping Verb or Linking Verb Don’t forget about the tricky ones… appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, taste.

2. Rules of the Game Keep score on a piece of paper. Click on a green box on the next slide. Read the sentence. Identify what type of verb the red one is. Click on the corresponding picture. If it says you are right, give yourself a point. If you are wrong, it’s the other person’s turn. Keep playing until all boxes are gone. If you got a lot wrong, play again. Action Linking Helping

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4. Oops….Click face to go back

5. Action That car appeared out of no where! Linking 1 Helping

6. Mallory is walking to the park 2 Action LinkingHelping

7. The video game is exciting. 3 Action LinkingHelping

8. Elizabeth and Cheyenne had gone to the library by the time I got home. 4 Action LinkingHelping

9. The room was purple stripes with pink polka dots. 5 Action LinkingHelping

10. Sally listens to her favorite song every day on the way to school. 6 Action LinkingHelping

11. I am going away for the weekend. 7 Action LinkingHelping

12. I might be going to the beach this summer. 8 Action LinkingHelping

13. Nelson had built a huge sand castle when a wave came and ruined it. 9 Action LinkingHelping

14. Craig unbelievably hit the baseball over the fence. 10 Action LinkingHelping

15. The castle was six stories tall and covered in shells. 11 Action LinkingHelping

16. Miranda can swim after dinner. 12 Action LinkingHelping

17. The little pig grunted. 13 Action LinkingHelping

18. The Phillies are the best baseball team! 14 Action LinkingHelping

19. You can’t do that! 15 Action LinkingHelping

20. The roof of the house leaks. 16 Action LinkingHelping

21. The hunter searched for the deer. 17 Action LinkingHelping

22. The car is loudly roaring. 18 Action LinkingHelping

23. I think the old house is haunted. 19 Action LinkingHelping

24. Who ate all of the cake? 20 Action LinkingHelping

25. The large, barking dogs were scary. 21 Action LinkingHelping

26. There were five fish in the aquarium. 22 Action LinkingHelping

27. The bluebird in the tree, sings beautifully. 23 Action LinkingHelping

28. Will you be on time tomorrow? 24 Action LinkingHelping

29. Will you be on time tomorrow? 25 Action LinkingHelping

30. The football team dashed out of the locker room. 26 Action LinkingHelping

31. That pie tastes delicious. 27 Action LinkingHelping

32. That shirt looks too small for you. 28 Action LinkingHelping

33. She looked to the sky, in hopes of seeing the eclipse. 29 Action LinkingHelping

34. The gloves feel so soft. 30 Action LinkingHelping

35. Dr. Gold was examining the patient when the bird hit the window. 31 Action LinkingHelping

36. The dog felt the snow and turned right back around. 32 Action LinkingHelping

37. The cop was quickly chasing the robber, when the dog ran into the road. 33 Action LinkingHelping

38. The cop was quickly chasing the robber, when the dog ran into the road. 34 Action LinkingHelping

39. While the small boy was swimming in the ocean, the shark watched him. 35 Action LinkingHelping

40. While the small boy was swimming in the ocean, the shark watched him. 36 Action LinkingHelping

41. We were the last ones to arrive to the party. 37 Action LinkingHelping

42. You look tired. 38 Action LinkingHelping

43. The paper is fluttering in the wind. 39 Action LinkingHelping

44. Nick will eat chicken fingers for dinner tonight. 40 Action LinkingHelping

45. I am looking for the new book by Lee Childs. 41 Action LinkingHelping

46. I am looking for the new book by Lee Childs. 42 Action LinkingHelping

47. Tina never went that way before. 43 Action LinkingHelping

48. The dogs were sleeping on the bed. 44 Action LinkingHelping

49. The quick squirrels have run up the tree. 45 Action LinkingHelping

50. If it hadn’t gotten warm that day, we could have been skiing at Blue Mountain. 46 Action LinkingHelping

51. Laura smelled something scrumptious coming from the kitchen. 47 Action LinkingHelping

52. Laura smelled funny. 48 Action LinkingHelping

53. Kara could have eaten the entire cake if it weren’t for her sister eating one too. 49 Action LinkingHelping

54. Action Verb You’re right! Return to Board

55. Linking Verb You’re right! Return to Board

56. Helping Verb You’re right! Return to Board

57. I’m sorry… Oops Return to Board