Identifying Action Verbs and Direct Objects in Sentences

What is the action verb in the sentence: 'The train rumbled down the track'?

• rumbled

• track

• down

• train

In the sentence 'The rabbit ran under the house', what is the action verb?

• rabbit

• under

• house

• ran

What does a direct object answer in a sentence?

• How

• When

• Whom or What

• Why

Identify the direct object in the sentence: 'The picture shows the children riding bikes'.

• shows

• picture

• children

• bikes

What is the first step in identifying action verbs and direct objects?

• Find the action verb

• Find the predicate

• Find the subject

• Find the direct object

In the sentence 'The teacher shows videos to help the students understand', what is the action verb?

• students

• teacher

• shows

• videos

In the sentence 'Travis made a paper airplane during recess', what is the direct object?

• recess

• made

• Travis

• airplane

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'Allison bought ripe apples and bananas'.

• bananas

• apples

• bought

• Allison

In the sentence 'I borrowed my brother's video camera', what is the action verb?

• I

• camera

• brother's

• borrowed

What is the direct object in the sentence: 'I borrowed my brother's video camera'?

• brother's

• camera

• borrowed

• I