Question

Identify the verbs in the following sentences
1. She smiled at me.
2. Anita asked for the directions.
3. The man walked slowly.
4. My friends arrived late.
5. She broke my pencil box.
6. Ravi and Kavi found a shiny pearls at the beach.
7. Her little puppy slept in my lap.
8. Shruti found a box of toys.
9. I drove to Atlanta with my friend.
10. Rinky finished his homework.
Complete each sentence with state of being verbs(am/is/are):
1. I ____ a good tennis player.
2. He ____ very handsome.
3. It _____ very breezy today.
4. The painting _______beautiful.
5. The pizza we ate yesterday _____ delicious.

Answer 1

Answer:

1 Smiled

2 asked

3 walked

4 arrived

5 broke

6 found

7 slept

8 found

9 drove

10 finished

1 am

2 is

3 is

4 is

5 are

Answer 2

The verbs are as follows:

1. smiled

2. asked

3. walked

4. arrived

5. broke

6. found

7. slept

8. found

9. drove

10. finished

The 'be' verbs are as follows:

1. I am a good tennis player.

2. He is very handsome.

3. It is very breezy today.

4. The painting is beautiful.

5. The pizza we ate yesterday was delicious.

Verbs

• Verbs refer to the words which indicate the action taking place in the sentence.

• In the first exercise, we need to pick out the verbs from the given sentence.

• In the second exercise, we have to fill in the blanks with the correct 'be' verbs. All the sentences take a present 'be' verb. However, the last sentence talks about 'yesterday' and thus takes a past 'be' verb.