Identifying Action Verbs

In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb.

For help with this exercise, see section 14d of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

  1. Question

    Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s most popular players, held the record for home runs in a single season for thirty-four years.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Babe Ruth, one of baseball’s most popular players, held the record for home runs in a single season for thirty-four years.
  2. Question

    In 1961, Roger Maris set a new record over the objections of some fans.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - In 1961, Roger Maris set a new record over the objections of some fans.
  3. Question

    Maris, a shy, quiet man, hated attention from reporters and fame from his home-run record.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Maris, a shy, quiet man, hated attention from reporters and fame from his home-run record.
  4. Question

    Nevertheless, Maris’s record lasted thirty-seven years.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Nevertheless, Maris’s record lasted thirty-seven years.
  5. Question

    Mark McGwire shattered Maris’s record of sixty-one home runs with seventy homers in 1998.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Mark McGwire shattered Maris’s record of sixty-one home runs with seventy homers in 1998.
  6. Question

    Before the end of the 1998 season, McGwire visited the Maris family.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Before the end of the 1998 season, McGwire visited the Maris family.
  7. Question

    Sportswriters looked again at Maris’s accomplishments after McGwire’s sixty-second home run that year.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Sportswriters looked again at Maris’s accomplishments after McGwire’s sixty-second home run that year.
  8. Question

    Maris’s home-run record stayed on the books longer than any other record in baseball.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - Maris’s home-run record stayed on the books longer than any other record in baseball.
  9. Question

    McGwire’s record, on the other hand, fell very quickly.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - McGwire’s record, on the other hand, fell very quickly.
  10. Question

    In 2001, Barry Bonds established a new record of seventy-three home runs in a season.

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    Identifying Action Verbs: In each of the following sentences, choose the action verb. - In 2001, Barry Bonds established a new record of seventy-three home runs in a season.