English 5 Grammar Review: Verbs

What is the main word in the predicate that tells what the subject does or did?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Action verb

• Adverb

Which of the following sentences contains an action verb that tells about an action you cannot see?

• Beth rides a horse.

• The horse trotted up the hill.

• Beth knows many facts about horses.

• She balances herself in the saddle carefully.

What action verb is used in the sentence "Beth visited the Davis Stables on Thursday"?

• visited

• Davis

• Stables

• Thursday

Choose the action verb in the sentence "A few horses stood in the stalls."

• few

• horses

• stood

• stalls

Identify the action verb in the sentence "Then the horses gallop down the trail."

• Then

• horses

• gallop

• trail

What is a direct object in a sentence?

• A noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb.

• A noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.

• The main subject of a sentence.

• The action or verb of the sentence.

Which question can you ask to find the direct object in a sentence?

• Who or what is doing the action?

• Who or what is being described?

• Who or what is the action directed at?

• Who or what is the subject?

In the sentence "A freak blizzard hit Greenville," what is the direct object?

• A freak blizzard

• hit

• Greenville

• the sentence does not have a direct object

In the sentence "Our neighborhood lost power," what is the direct object?

• Our neighborhood

• lost

• power

• the sentence does not have a direct object

In the sentence "The snowstorm surprised us overnight," what is the direct object?

• The snowstorm

• surprised

• us

• overnight