Verb identification: Activity 2

He played cricket with Charlie.

Is played a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

He played cricket with Charlie.

Is cricket a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

We'll bring along your tape recorder.

Is along a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

We'll bring along your tape recorder.

Is bring a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

The house looked too large for just one person.

Is looked a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

The house looked too large for just one person.

Is just a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

She wished she did not love him so much.

Is not a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

She wished she did not love him so much.

Is love a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary from this distance.

Is seemed a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary from this distance.

Is ordinary a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?

Many shanty towns lack running water.

Is lack a verb?

• Is it a doing word?
• Can it show tense? Can you say Yesterday, I ____ed, for example?
• Does it add -s to agree with a Subject like he or she, as in He ___s.
• Can it take an -ing ending?