Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs

Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs

Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb.

For help with this exercise, see section 17c.

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1. Zora Neale Hurston lived from 1891 to 1960, working as a novelist, a folklorist, and an anthropologist most of her life.

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Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs: Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb. - 1. Zora Neale Hurston lived from 1891 to 1960, working as a novelist, a folklorist, and an anthropologist most of her life.

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2. One of eight children, she was born in Eatonville, Florida.

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Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs: Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb. - 2. One of eight children, she was born in Eatonville, Florida.

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3. Later she enrolled in school in Baltimore.

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Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs: Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb. - 3. Later she enrolled in school in Baltimore.

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4. Then, in 1919, she finally attended Howard University.

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Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs: Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb. - 4. Then, in 1919, she finally attended Howard University.

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5. In the early 1920s, a few of her short stories were published.

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Identifying Action, Linking, and Helping Verbs: Each underlined word or phrase in the following sentences is a verb. Identify each as an action verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb + main verb. - 5. In the early 1920s, a few of her short stories were published.