Question

action verbs and linking verbs. for each pair of sentences, circle the subjects. underline the action verbs. draw a wiggly line under linking verbs. example: ben chose two books about archaeology. he is excited to read them. 1. he eats carrots every day. carrots are his favorite food. 2. the librarian was very helpful today. i checked out three books from the library. 3. his sister plays baseball on saturdays. she pitches the ball very well. 4. she goes on vacation every summer with her family. they visited the grand canyon last year. 5. he loves field trips. his favorite trip was a visit to the science museum. 6. my siblings and i asked our parents for more allowance money. our parents gave us a longer list of chores. 7. write a sentence using an action verb.

Explanation:

1. In "He eats carrots every day", "He" is the subject, "eats" is the action - verb. In "Carrots are his favorite food", "Carrots" is the subject and "are" is the linking - verb.
2. In "The librarian was very helpful today", "The librarian" is the subject and "was" is the linking - verb. In "I checked out three books from the library", "I" is the subject and "checked out" is the action - verb.
3. In "His sister plays baseball on Saturdays", "His sister" is the subject and "plays" is the action - verb. In "She pitches the ball very well", "She" is the subject and "pitches" is the action - verb.
4. In "She goes on vacation every summer with her family", "She" is the subject and "goes" is the action - verb. In "They visited the Grand Canyon last year", "They" is the subject and "visited" is the action - verb.
5. In "He loves field trips", "He" is the subject and "loves" is the action - verb. In "His favorite trip was a visit to the science museum", "His favorite trip" is the subject and "was" is the linking - verb.
6. In "My siblings and I asked our parents for more allowance money", "My siblings and I" is the subject and "asked" is the action - verb. In "Our parents gave us a longer list of chores", "Our parents" is the subject and "gave" is the action - verb.

For writing a sentence with an action - verb, an example could be "She runs in the park every morning."

Answer:

1. Subject: He; Action - verb: eats; Subject: Carrots; Linking - verb: are
2. Subject: The librarian; Linking - verb: was; Subject: I; Action - verb: checked out
3. Subject: His sister; Action - verb: plays; Subject: She; Action - verb: pitches
4. Subject: She; Action - verb: goes; Subject: They; Action - verb: visited
5. Subject: He; Action - verb: loves; Subject: His favorite trip; Linking - verb: was
6. Subject: My siblings and I; Action - verb: asked; Subject: Our parents; Action - verb: gave
7. She runs in the park every morning.