8th Grade Language Usage
Verbs 2
Name
Is each capitalized verb an action or linking verb?
Question #1:
World War II WAS a frightening time for many countries around the world.
A. action
B. linking
Question #2:
World War II HAD BEGUN in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland.
A. action
B. linking
Question #3:
By 1940, the German and Italian armies HAD CONQUERED most of Eastern Europe.
A. action
B. linking
Question #4:
The United States HAD BEEN reluctant to join with the English and French forces against the Germans and the Italians.
A. linking
B. action
Question #5:
In 1941, Hitler and Mussolini WERE JOINED in their attacks by Hirohito, Emperor of Japan.
A. action
B. linking
Question #6:
Japan BECAME the third Axis Power in World War II.
A. linking
B. action
Question #7:
On December 7, 1941, Japan ATTACKED Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
A. action
B. linking
Question #8:
Because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States DECLARED war.
A. action
B. linking
Question #9:
The United States HAD BECOME one of the Allies.
A. linking
B. action
Question #10:
The Battle of Midway WAS the first major United States victory.
A. linking
B. action
Question #11:
June 6, 1944, WAS D-Day.
A. linking
B. action
Question #12:
The Allied troops INVADED Europe on D-Day.
A. action
B. linking
Question #13:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower LED the D-Day invasion.
A. action linking
B. Question #14:
Question #14:
"Overlord" BECAME the code name for the D-Day operation.
A. linking
B. action
Question #15:
Nearly 90,000 soldiers FLOODED the coast of Normandy.
A. action
B. linking
Question #16:
The Allied troops LANDED in Normandy, France.
A. action
B. linking
Question #17:
Over 5,000 ships WERE in the Allied attack.
A. linking
B. action
8th Grade Language Usage
Verbs 2
Name
Question #18:
The Allied troops INCLUDED American, British, and Canadian troops.
A. action
B. linking
Question #19:
These Allied troops SEEMED formidable against the Axis troops in France.
A. linking
B. action
Question #20:
The Allied progress through France WAS slow.
A. linking
B. action
Question #21:
Finally, in December, 1944, the Germans WERE almost DEFEATED in the Battle of the Bulge.
A. action
B. linking
Question #22:
Germany SURRENDERED in May of 1945.
A. action
B. linking
Question #23:
Japanese forces still APPEARED strong.
A. linking
B. action
Question #24:
The Japanese forces ADMITTED defeat in August 1945.
A. action
B. linking
Question #25:
Unfortunately, civilians in many countries BECAME casualties of the war.
A. linking
B. action
8th Grade Language Usage
Verbs 2
Answer Key
1. B -linking
2. A -action
3. A -action
4. A -linking
5. A -action
6. A -linking
7. A -action
8. A -action
9. A -linking
10. A -linking
11. A -linking
12. A -action
13. A -action
14. A -linking
15. A -action
16. A -action
17. A -linking
18. A -action
19. A -linking
20. A -linking
21. A -action
22. A -action
23. A -linking
24. A -action
25. A -linking