What are the verbs in this simple sentence?


A large insect wriggled under the rock and burrowed in the dirt.


Choose all answers that are correct.


A.

dirt


B.

wriggled


C.

under


D.

burrowed

Verified Answer :

The two verbs here are "wriggled" and "burrowed" - the correct answers are B and D.

You can see for example also that they are in the past tense: both have the regular past -ed ending on them that only verbs can take!

dirt is a noun and under is a preposition

B.
wriggled
D.
burrowed

Verbs ending in "ed"
Both B and D have "ed"