Auxiliary Verbs
Directions:
Identify the underlined verbs in the sentences below by using the following code:
F finite verb N nonfinite verb
Examples: _N_ Beth was adjusting the thread tension guide on the sewing machine.
_____ 1. Two-year-old graham Gasta won first prize in last Sunday’s Tiny Tots Parade.
_____ 2. Fifteen million refugees are awaiting asylum.
_____ 3. The hypermarket contains one long aisle just for cat food.
_____ 4. Demand for ticket at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati has been so high that scalpers have been getting $35 a ticket.
_____ 5. A lowland gorilla ripped a drinking fountain from the wall of his cage.
_____ 6. Three hundred thousand motorcyclists gathered this week in Sturgis, South Dakota for the Black Hills Motor Classic.
_____ 7. In Saudi Arabia, Donald Duck is called Batut, and in Finland he is known as Aku Ankka.
_____ 8. Lava from a volcano closed the last road out of Kalpana Tuesday.
_____ 9. At 208 feet, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina is the tallest lighthouse in the country.
_____ 10. Someone has cooked cabbage in this building almost every day this week.