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.
shimmered in the
shoes shimmered
shimmered
shimmered in
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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.
playing
will be playing
will be playing his
be 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 warned
had
had warned him
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
put
put and went
went to dance
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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 allowed at
allowed
are allowed
are not
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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 her
brushed her and washed her
brushed
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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.
will be buzzing
be buzzing
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.
is
is having
drink of
drink
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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
invited
invited for snack
invited her boyfriend
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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 and looking
were flying around and looking
were flying
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 hear
Can you
hear
Can you 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.
we're going to share
will be sharing
was going to share
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.
was flying
had flown
were flying
flew
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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.
where
was
were
we're
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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.
had known
knows
known
had knew
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ at her bigheaded boyfriend and licking her lips.
had looked
was looking
looked
looks
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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.
will be
has been
had been
is
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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.
will decide
decide
decides
decided
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Flea ________ of his ten-thousand brothers borrowing his things without asking.
we're sick
was sick
sick
were 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 of eaten
could of ate
could a ate
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Spider, a natural homebody, ________ a new room to his home below the gutter.
was busy adding
were busy adding
we're busy adding
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 of help
would have helped
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
Were
Where
We're
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ by Butterfly during Spider's suppertime.
flied
flyed
flown
flew
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ pantless in Kansas.
dances and prancing
dancing and prances
dances and prances
danced and prancing
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ the nauseating scent of my locker.
love
be loving
loving
loves
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Moth and Tick ________ a riotous insect party in your sweater.
are throwing
is throwing
fin to throw
throwing
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