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