Verb Practice I
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Directions: Write the verb or verb phrase in each of the following
sentences.
1. KING KONG may be the most famous monster movie ever.
2. At the start of the film, a producer is planning a movie.
3. He and a film crew sail to Skull Island.
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4. There they find a giant ape, Kong.
5. Kong falls in love with Ann, the movie’s star.
6. The producer takes Kong to New York in chains.
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7. Kong escapes from his chains.
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8. He climbs to the top of the Empire State Building.
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9. There, he must struggle against fighter planes.
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10. Kong’s enemies win in the end.
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Verb Practice 2
Directions: Write a more specific verb to replace each underlined verb
in the paragraph below.
Willis O’Brian did the special effects for the KING KONG movie of
1933. O’Brien made miniature models, including an 18 inch tall Kong.
To make Kong’s muscles, he carefully put latex strips under the model’s
skin. Then he added air bladders in its chest. Now the model was real.
O’Brien took many long hours at his task.
Directions: Write an action verb for each numeral in the paragraph
below.
Imagine a trip on the CHILLER, a roller coaster in New Jersey. The
coaster (1)______________from 0 to 70 miles per hour in four seconds.
Its launch (2)___________________you. Ahead (3)_________________
a tunnel and then a sharp rise. Halfway through the ride, the train
(4)____________________and hurtles you backwards. The ride
(5)____________________ 45 seconds.
Verb Practice 3
Directions: Underline the linking verb in each sentence and then circle
the two words it connects.
1. On the night of Paul Revere’s ride, the weather was mild.
2. His mount’s canter was graceful.
3. Revere himself felt calm.
4. Suddenly, Revere’s horse became nervous.
5. The two horsemen on the road ahead were enemy soldiers.
6. The result was a brief chase off the original route.
7. A clay pit became a trap for one soldier’s horse.
8. Brown Beauty was faster than the other soldier’s horse.
9. Revere’s detour seemed a nuisance.
10. But his new route was safer.
Write your own sentences using the verb listed as a linking verb.
1. tastes - ________________________________________________
2. smells-_________________________________________________
3. sounds-_________________________________________________
4. feels - ___________________________________________________
5. looks-___________________________________________________
Verb Practice 4
Directions: Find and correct the 15 verb errors in the following.
1. Each year, the Sand Hill Challenge, a soap-box derby race in
California, promoted driver safety among the teenagers.
2. For several years, business firms sponsor the race teams, and
technology companies build the race cars.
3. In the past, some cars will be having high-tech designs.
4. For a race in 1997, designers build a three-wheeled car.
5. Driver Amy Han laid down in the car and will steer it.
6. In the Whimsy Division, car designers typically will be worrying
more about style than speed.
7. One year, a group will have made a car from bread.
8. In the past, both adult and high school teams participate in the races,
but they will be having separate divisions.
9. Besides the driver, a typical team will be including two people who
have pushed the car for the first forty yards down a hill.
10. A “catcher” at the bottom of the hill slowed down and stopped the
car.