Explain the difference between an active verb and a passive verb.

Explain the difference between a linking verb and an action verb.

Explain the difference between a transitive verb and an intransitive verb.

Be able to list 10 common  auxiliary verbs.

Circle the verb or verb phrase and tell whether it is an action verb or a linking verb.
1.  The football player has been practicing for months.
2.  The class ate lunch after the concert.
3.  February is a short month.
4.  Did you write the date on the test?
5.  I will always remember the grammar from my seventh grade class.
6.  The roads look slippery.
7.  Shakespeare is considered the best playwright in history.

Circle the verb or verb phrase and tell whether it is transitive or intransitive.
1.  The bear attacked the campers at Yellowstone.
2.  Bears can be dangerous.
3.  The copy machine makes copies.
4.  The copy machine is in the office.
5.  The students ate quickly during fifth hour.
6.  Our family ate spaghetti on Monday.

Circle the verb or verb phrase and tell whether the verb is in active or pasive voice.
Be prepared to change active verbs to passive and passive verbs to active.
1.  The letter was sent by Tom.
2.  Tom is sending Valentines to his girlfriends.
3.  The grass is mowed by my daughter every Tuesday.
4.  My duaghter mows the grass every Tuesday.
5.  Shakespeare had been writing plays for years.
6.  A Tale of Two Cities was written by Charles Dickens.

Be prepared to list the principle parts of some verbs.
Go over the lists in your textbook on pages 131 and 132.
Example - present        past        past participle
 
                 race            raced      (have raced)
                 break          broke     (have broken)
                 sing             sang       (have sung)