Grade 2 worksheet on action and linking verbs with example sentences and illustrations.

To solve this, we need to find the action verbs and linking verbs in each sentence.

🔹 Action verbs show something someone or something *does* — like run, jump, write, dance, visit, play, set, etc.
🔹 Linking verbs connect the subject to a word that describes or identifies it — usually forms of “be” (is, am, are, was, were) or sometimes verbs like “seem,” “become,” “look,” “feel,” “sound,” “taste,” “smell” — BUT only if they’re NOT showing action. In Grade 2, we mostly focus on “is, are, was, were.”

Let’s go sentence by sentence:

1. Sam is a dog. → “is” = linking verb (connects Sam to “a dog”)
2. The Jones visited their grandparents. → “visited” = action verb (they did something)
3. Mary looks at the books. → “looks” = action verb here (she is doing the looking — not describing her state)
⚠️ Note: “Look” can be linking (“She looks happy”), but here it’s followed by “at the books” — so it’s an action.
4. They were afraid. → “were” = linking verb (describes their state)
5. John and Phillip played soccer last summer. → “played” = action verb
6. Your sisters are nice. → “are” = linking verb (describes sisters)
7. Matt set the table. → “set” = action verb
8. Felix and Sue danced all night. → “danced” = action verb
9. The students wrote their name. → “wrote” = action verb
10. The teachers were proud of their students. → “were” = linking verb (describes teachers’ feeling/state)

Now, let’s list them clearly:

✔ Action verbs: visited, looks, played, set, danced, wrote
✔ Linking verbs: is, were, are, were

Wait — let’s double-check #3: “Mary looks at the books.”
In some curricula, “look” when used with “at” is considered an action verb because it involves physical movement of eyes toward something. So yes — action verb.

Also, note: Sentence 10 has “were” — linking verb. Correct.

Final tally:

- Sentence 1: is → linking
- Sentence 2: visited → action
- Sentence 3: looks → action
- Sentence 4: were → linking
- Sentence 5: played → action
- Sentence 6: are → linking
- Sentence 7: set → action
- Sentence 8: danced → action
- Sentence 9: wrote → action
- Sentence 10: were → linking

So for the worksheet instructions:
→ Draw a line under action verbs
→ Circle linking verbs

We’ll present the answer as which verb in each sentence is which.

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Final Answer:
1. is → circle (linking)
2. visited → underline (action)
3. looks → underline (action)
4. were → circle (linking)
5. played → underline (action)
6. are → circle (linking)
7. set → underline (action)
8. danced → underline (action)
9. wrote → underline (action)
10. were → circle (linking)