Linking Verbs, Complements, And Helping Verbs Quiz
- 1.Which of the following best defines what a linking verb does?
- A.
It names an action.
- B.
It connects the subject of the sentence to a noun or adjective in the predicate that describes the subject.
- C.
It tells what the subject is or what the subject is like.
- D.
It tells to whom or what the action of the sentence is directed.
- 2.Some verbs like feel or smell can be linking or action verbs.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which two parts of speech can a complement be?
- A.
Adjective and adverb
- B.
Preposition and noun
- C.
Noun and adjective
- D.
Verb and interjection
- 4.Identify the complement of the sentence below. Because she ate something that disagreed with her, Maggie felt bad.
- A.
Maggie
- B.
Something
- C.
Bad
- D.
Felt
- 5.Identify the complement of the sentence below. Communication between the group members is a problem.
- A.
Communication
- B.
Problem
- C.
Is
- D.
Members
- 6.A "be" verb (is, am, was, were, etc), a "have" verb (have, has, had, ect), and a "do" verb (do, does, did, done) by itself in a sentence is a helping verbs.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Which of the following best describes the purpose of helping verbs?
- A.
Helping verbs show action in a sentence.
- B.
Helping verbs connect the subject to a word in the predicate that describes it.
- C.
Helping verbs help show the time or tell about an action.
- 8.A verb phrase contains one or more helping verb followed by the main verb.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Identify the helping verb(s) in the sentence below.The basketball team will be traveling to Macon for their next game.
- A.
Team
- B.
Will be
- C.
Traveling
- D.
Macon
- 10.What is the verb tense of the sentence below?Jax had played in last night's game.
- A.
Past tense
- B.
Present tense
- C.
Future tense
- 11.Identify the complement(s) in the sentence below.The team appeared tired but happy when they arrived back on campus.
- A.
Tired
- B.
Happy
- C.
Campus
- D.
Both A & B
- 12.Identify the helping verb(s) in the following sentence.Chase is writing his essay now.
- A.
Chase
- B.
Is
- C.
Writing
- D.
Essay
- 13.What is the verb tense of the sentence below?Christmas break will begin in a few days.
- A.
Past
- B.
Present
- C.
Future
- 14.The complement of a sentence can be found in the subject portion of the sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Identify the verb phrase in the sentence below.Maddox will have played in all JV games if he makes it through tomorrow's game.
- A.
Will have
- B.
Have played
- C.
Played
- D.
Will have played
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