Verbs Review

Identify the action verb and its direct object in the sentence below:
The bridge divides Iowa and Wisconsin in two.

• action verb: divides       direct object: bridge
• action verb: divides      direct object: Iowa and Wisconsin
• action verb: two      direct object:  bridge
• None of the the above

Identify the action verb and its direct object in the sentence below:
Not even cars cross the sand dunes.

• verb: cross    direct object: dunes
• verb: even    direct object: sand
• verb: cars     direct object: cross
• None of the above

What names an action and my contain more than one word?

• action word
• action verb
• direct object 
• indirect object

What receives the action of the verb? It answers the question whom? or what? after the action verb.

• direct object 
• indirect object
• pronoun
• action verb

Which of the following answers the question to whom? or for whom? the action was done?

• Direct object 
• Indirect object
• verb
• personal pronoun

Determine whether the colored word is a direct object or an indirect object in the sentence below:
Mrs. Wright gives tourists lessons in history.

• direct object 
• indirect object

Determine whether the colored word is a direct object or an indirect object in the sentence below:
Ms. Smith taught students English. 

• direct object 
• indirect object

Determine whether the colored word is a direct object or an indirect object in the sentence below:
The students gave the teachers their obedience. 

• direct object
• indirect object

Determine whether the colored word is a direct object or an indirect object in the sentence below:
People sail barges down the Mississippi. 

• direct object
• indirect object

Determine whether the colored word is a direct object or an indirect object in the sentence below:
Artists gave the students beautiful paint brushes. 

• indirect object 
• direct object