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
shimmered in
shimmered
shoes shimmered
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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 his
will be playing
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.
were afraid
were afraid of
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.
warned
had warned him
had
had 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 went
put
went to dance
put and 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
could lift in
could
lift
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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
are allowed at
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 her
brushed her and washed her
brushed and washed
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
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 having
drink
is
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Butterfly fluttered by the fly beside the butter knife.
fluttered
fluttered by the fly
fluttered by the
fluttered by
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Which is the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Mantis invited her boyfriend over for an afternoon snack.
invited
invited for snack
invited her
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 you hear
Can hear
hear
Can you
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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.
will be sharing
was going to share
we're 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.
flew
were flying
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.
had knew
had known
knows
known
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ at her bigheaded boyfriend and licking her lips.
was looking
looked
looks
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.
will be
is
had been
has 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.
will decide
decides
decided
decide
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Flea ________ of his ten-thousand brothers borrowing his things without asking.
were sick
we're sick
was sick
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 a ate
could have eaten
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.
we're busy adding
were busy adding
was 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 helped
would a helped
would have helped
would of help
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
"________ too busy eating this dog," said Flea to his parasitic friend Tick.
Were
We're
We
Where
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ by Butterfly during Spider's suppertime.
flyed
flown
flew
flied
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Mantis ________ pantless in Kansas.
danced and prancing
dances and prances
dances and prancing
dancing and prances
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Fly ________ the nauseating scent of my locker.
love
loves
be loving
loving
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Which answer best completes the following sentence?
Moth and Tick ________ a riotous insect party in your sweater.
is throwing
fin to throw
are throwing
throwing
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