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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________

Verbs
Write the verbs in each sentence.
1.  Janet tried to mend the friendship by apologizing. (3 verbs)
2.  Jan can hardly wait to blossom into an adult. (3 verbs)
3.  I understand you have had numerous types of jobs. (3 verbs)
4.  John brought snorkeling gear to watch tropical fish cavort among the corals. (3 verbs)

Circle the form of the verb be that best completes each sentence.
5.  The caret is a very useful symbol when you (is, are) proofreading and need to insert text.
6.  I hope my continued employment (is, are) not somehow placed in jeopardy because of my outburst.
7.  I tried to make a milk shake, but it (was, were) very tenuous and was nothing more than chocolate milk.
8.  We had to expel the venom from her leg that (was, were) caused by the virulent snakebite while we were hiking down the trail.
9.  I (is, are, am) worried about my uncle, because he suffers from a chronic cough.

Use each of the following verbs once to complete each sentence: grab, seen, leave and became.
10.  I want you to  (verb)  my house this instant!
11.  While jaguars are seldom  (verb) , their raspy voices are unmistakable.
12.  The vulture's talon helped him  (verb)  the little animal.
13.  Government regulation of migration  (verb)  significant in the 20th century.

 

Circle the form of the verb be that best completes each sentence.
14.  When tires (is, are) burned, they emit an obnoxious odor.
15.  The stories about the outlaw Jesse James have made him a legendary figure, but many of them (is, are) not true.
16.  My dad has a pile of leaves in the backyard that we (is, are) going to use for fertilizer after they go through the decomposition process.
17.  A study has found that exercise-happy rats (is, are) more likely to have healthy brains than the rodent equivalents of couch potatoes.
18.  My grandmother (is, are) such a politico that she has joined many organizations that keep her informed of our government and its politics.

Circle the verb that best completes each sentence.
19.  Mike jabbed Mark in the chest and they almost got into a (fight, fought).
20.  The holes looked like they were (dig, dug) according to a systematic plan.
21.  The ice will (freeze, froze) when it is cold enough.
22.  The police officer asked Brenda to describe the man who (steal, stole) the food from the store.
23.  Why are you (moving, moved) to New York?

Circle the verb that best completes each sentence.
24.  Kyle's invention is so indestructible that no one can (come, came) up with a better one.
25.  Jeffrey (draw, drew) a line of symmetry through the isosceles triangle.
26.  No one wanted to baby (sit, sat) the capricious toddler.
27.  Mr. Johnson gleaned his corn every year and sold it to the government to help (feed, fed) the underprivileged.
28.  The general tried his best to exhort the troops to (hold, held) the line.




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