Describing Words and Tenses

What are action words?

• Words that describe things.

• Words that show actions.

• Words that name places.

• Words that connect sentences.

Which word in the sentence "The artists painted a colorful picture of the garden" is an action word?

• artists

• colorful

• painted

• garden

If an action is happening right now, what tense is the verb?

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Present tense

• Perfect tense

Which of these words is a past tense action word?

• visit

• watch

• play

• swam

Which of these words shows an action that will happen later?

• visited

• swam

• will fix

• played

What is the simple present tense of a verb used to express?

• An action that happened in the past.

• An action that will happen in the future.

• An action that occurs in the present, a habitual action, or a general truth.

• An action that is currently happening.

How is the simple present tense of a singular verb usually formed?

• By adding -ing.

• By adding -ed.

• By adding -s or -es.

• By changing the spelling completely.

Which of these words tells you an action happened in the past?

• Tonight

• Yesterday

• Next year

• Afterwards

In an active voice sentence, what does the subject do?

• The subject receives the action.

• The subject performs the action.

• The subject is acted upon.

• The subject is always a noun.

What kind of words describe nouns?

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Adjectives

• Pronouns