Directions: Identify the verbs and verb phrases used in each of the following sentences.
1. Soon after breakfast, Amy and I go outside and begin our chores.
2. We start early because by noon the weather is usually too hot.
3. The minute the dew dries, Amy says to me, “Grab the lawn mower!”
4. While I cut the grass, Amy edges the lawn.
5. After we neatly clip the grass, we weed the flower garden.
6. I loosen the dirt around the flowers, and my sister pulls the weeds.
7. By noon both the lawn and the garden look decidedly better than they did earlier.
8. Tired and thirsty, we go inside, wash our hands, and eat lunch.
9. Nature, however, stands still for no one.
10. Almost at once, new weeds appear in the garden.
11. Within a few days the grass again creeps over the edges of the driveway.
12. Amy and I do the job all over again the next Saturday.
1. Soon after breakfast, Amy and I go outside and begin our chores.
2. We start early because by noon the weather is usually too hot.
3. The minute the dew dries, Amy says to me, “Grab the lawn mower!”
4. While I cut the grass, Amy edges the lawn.
5. After we neatly clip the grass, we weed the flower garden.
6. I loosen the dirt around the flowers, and my sister pulls the weeds.
7. By noon both the lawn and the garden look decidedly better than they did earlier.
8. Tired and thirsty, we go inside, wash our hands, and eat lunch.
9. Nature, however, stands still for no one.
10. Almost at once, new weeds appear in the garden.
11. Within a few days the grass again creeps over the edges of the driveway.
12. Amy and I do the job all over again the next Saturday.