Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010
A Philadelphia First
Two Kinds of Verbs
Verbs
In 1752, Philadelphia was the first city in the thirteen colonies to have one of these. What was this “first”?
To answer the question, read each sentence below. Find the action verb. Choose your answers from the underlined words. Write the letter beneath the verb in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.
1. Swedish 
to this 
in the 1640s.
2. William Penn 
in the 
1680s.
3. He 
city Philadelphia.
4. Penn 
with religious 
5. Soon many 
Europe 
6. The 
city 
rapidly in 
and importance.
7. Ben Franklin 
Philadelphia 
1729.
8. Philadelphia 
in the Revolutionary War.
