Verbs Test with Bugs
Parts of Speech Activity
Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Ladybug's sparkly shoes shimmered in the summer sunlight.
shoes shimmered
shimmered
shimmered in
shimmered in the
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Cricket will be playing his violin outside your window all night long.
will be playing his
will be playing
be playing
playing
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Flea and his ten thousand brothers were afraid of the ravenous Dragonfly.
afraid
were afraid
were afraid of
were
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Bee's mother had warned him about Hornet and Wasp's negative influence on his life.
had
had warned him
had warned
warned
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Ladybug put on her favorite spotted dress and went to the spring dance.
put and dance
went to dance
put
put and went
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Ant could lift 50 times his own weight in stale pizza crusts.
could lift
lift
could
could lift in
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Hornet and Wasp are not allowed at the picnic with Ant and Ladybug.
are not
are allowed at
allowed
are allowed
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Mantis brushed her mandibles and washed her hands after the meal with her boyfriend.
brushed and washed
brushed
brushed her and washed her
brushed her
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Bee will be buzzing by flowers and through showers for hours this spring.
buzzing
will be buzzing
be buzzing
will be
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Tick is having a warm, refreshing drink of camper's blood.
drink of
is
drink
is having
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Butterfly fluttered by the fly beside the butter knife.
fluttered by the fly
fluttered
fluttered by
fluttered by the
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Mantis invited her boyfriend over for an afternoon snack.
invited her boyfriend
invited
invited her
invited for snack
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Hornet and Wasp were flying around and looking for trouble.
were flying
were flying and looking
were flying around and looking
flying and looking
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Can you hear Cricket's song in your lawn at dawn?
Can you hear
Can you
Can hear
hear
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Ant ________ his crumbs with his friend Lady Bug until that hungry Spider showed up.
was going to share
we're going to share
will be sharing
were going to share
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Wasp and Hornet ________ around the yard and looking for some luckless fool to sting.
were flying
flew
was flying
had flown
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
"If I ________ Bee, I'd mind my own beeswax," said Hornet to his temperamental friend Wasp.
were
we're
where
was
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
If Ant ________ that it was going to rain so much, he wouldn't have even came to the picnic.
knows
had known
known
had knew
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ at her bigheaded boyfriend and licking her lips.
was looking
looks
looked
had looked
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Tick ________ very thirsty by the time the campers begin to set up their tents.
has been
is
had been
will be
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
After Grasshopper smashed up Spider's bedroom, Spider ________ that it was time to build a new home.
decides
will decide
decide
decided
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Flea ________ of his ten-thousand brothers borrowing his things without asking.
sick
we're sick
were sick
was sick
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ the cookie crumbs, but he flew off to find something stinkier.
could have eaten
could a ate
could of ate
could of eaten
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Spider, a natural homebody, ________ a new room to his home below the gutter.
busy adding
was busy adding
we're busy adding
were busy adding
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Wasp ________ Bee with the flowers, but Wasp was much too busy scaring children.
would have helped
would of help
would of helped
would a helped
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
"________ too busy eating this dog," said Flea to his parasitic friend Tick.
We
We're
Where
Were
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ by Butterfly during Spider's suppertime.
flew
flown
flied
flyed
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ pantless in Kansas.
dances and prancing
dances and prances
dancing and prances
danced and prancing
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ the nauseating scent of my locker.
loves
loving
be loving
love
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Moth and Tick ________ a riotous insect party in your sweater.
throwing
fin to throw
is throwing
are throwing
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