Study Guide: Review for Verbs
Rewrite the following sentences. Underline each transitive verb and draw an arrow to its object.
1. The Statue of Liberty impressed most immigrants.
2. Railroads quickly transported thousands of soldiers and tons of supplies.
3. The North had almost twice as many railroad lines as the South.
Rewrite the following sentences. Circle the intransitive verb. (Be prepared to explain why the verb is transitive.)
1. In the Civil War, almost all exchanges of prisoners stopped in 1864.
2. People argued in the North and South about the treatment of prisoners.
Revise the following sentences by adding an object, making intransitive verbs transitive.
1. The soldier fired.
2. Both armies suffered.
3. The cannonball destroyed.
Recognizing forms of "be" as Linking Verbs.
Copy the sentences below. Underline the form of be in each. Draw a double-headed arrow connecting the words linked by the verb.
1. Antietam was the most devastating one day battle of the Civil War.
2 A victory for the South could have been the turning point of the war.
3. Neither of the armies would be victorious in this battle.
4. After Antietam, Lincoln's views seemed changed.
Write two sentences for each given word...use as action and linking.
1. feel
2. look
3. appear
4. grow
Helping Verbs
Identify and write the helping verb and the main verb. (Ex: Helping Verb: could have been Verb: helping)
1. The year 1913 has been called the "glorious year of flying."
2. Airplanes would be flown with acrobatic maneuverability.
3. Long-distance flights had been made from France to Egypt.
4. A plane might fly across the Mediterranean without any stops.
Things You Should be Able to Do:
1.Identify action nouns in a sentence.
2. Distinguish between Transitive and Intransitive actions verbs.
3. recognize forms of "be" as linking verbs.
4. Identify other linking verbs.
5. Identify Helping Verbs.
6. Distinguish between action and linking verbs.
7. Revise sentences- Intransitive to transitive verbs
Rewrite the following sentences. Underline each transitive verb and draw an arrow to its object.
1. The Statue of Liberty impressed most immigrants.
2. Railroads quickly transported thousands of soldiers and tons of supplies.
3. The North had almost twice as many railroad lines as the South.
Rewrite the following sentences. Circle the intransitive verb. (Be prepared to explain why the verb is transitive.)
1. In the Civil War, almost all exchanges of prisoners stopped in 1864.
2. People argued in the North and South about the treatment of prisoners.
Revise the following sentences by adding an object, making intransitive verbs transitive.
1. The soldier fired.
2. Both armies suffered.
3. The cannonball destroyed.
Recognizing forms of "be" as Linking Verbs.
Copy the sentences below. Underline the form of be in each. Draw a double-headed arrow connecting the words linked by the verb.
1. Antietam was the most devastating one day battle of the Civil War.
2 A victory for the South could have been the turning point of the war.
3. Neither of the armies would be victorious in this battle.
4. After Antietam, Lincoln's views seemed changed.
Write two sentences for each given word...use as action and linking.
1. feel
2. look
3. appear
4. grow
Helping Verbs
Identify and write the helping verb and the main verb. (Ex: Helping Verb: could have been Verb: helping)
1. The year 1913 has been called the "glorious year of flying."
2. Airplanes would be flown with acrobatic maneuverability.
3. Long-distance flights had been made from France to Egypt.
4. A plane might fly across the Mediterranean without any stops.
Things You Should be Able to Do:
1.Identify action nouns in a sentence.
2. Distinguish between Transitive and Intransitive actions verbs.
3. recognize forms of "be" as linking verbs.
4. Identify other linking verbs.
5. Identify Helping Verbs.
6. Distinguish between action and linking verbs.
7. Revise sentences- Intransitive to transitive verbs