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English Action Verbs Intermediate

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the words below is an action verb?

a)

play

b)

now

c)

dog

d)

class

2.

In which sentence is there an action verb?

a)

Babies cry a lot.

b)

she is my friend.

c)

were the girls at home?

d)

when is your birthday

3.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

barked

b)

red

c)

someone

d)

quietly

4.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

paper

b)

he

c)

cry

d)

this

5.

Which word in this sentence is an action verb?

Bill rides his bike to my house

a)

Bill

b)

bike

c)

house

d)

rides

6.

Which have ONLY VERBS!

a)

girl, ran ,sit

b)

eat , teacher, pass

c)

spray mom ,drink

d)

play ,swim think

7.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

dance

b)

school

c)

ball

d)

camel

8.

Identify the action verb: The children played happily in the snow.

a)

played

b)

children

c)

snow

d)

in

9.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

write

b)

teacher

c)

school

d)

break

10.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

Sarah

b)

cook

c)

food

d)

water

11.
What is the verb in the sentence?
She walked to the store last night.
a)
last
b)
She
c)
night
d)
walked
12.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Phillip reads a few pages everyday.

a)

every

b)

reads

c)

pages

d)

few

13.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.

a)

on

b)

the

c)

climbed

d)

mountain

14.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Percy collected many fine seashells on the beach.

a)

many

b)

fine

c)

collected

d)

on

15.

What is the verb in the sentence below?


Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

a)

about

b)

taught

c)

the

d)

class

16.

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.

a)

painted

b)

for

c)

in

d)

many

17.

Which one of these verbs expresses a mental action?

a)

Liz dances horribly

b)

She eats a lot.

c)

He cries at night.

d)

I consider it useful.

18.
Which type of verb expresses a physical or mental activity?
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
c)
linking verb
d)
noun
19.
Which word is the action verb?
Gavin practiced soccer yesterday.
a)
practiced
b)
yesterday
c)
Gavin
d)
soccer
20.
What do verbs do?
a)
They modify nouns or pronouns
b)
They express an action, condition, or state of being
c)
They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
d)
They are used in a place of a noun.
21.

Choose the sentence with the mental verb.

wonder when we will be able to go back to school.

a)

I play a lot of board games at home with my family.

b)

Students sleep later since they don't have to go to school.

c)

I wonder when we will be able to go back to school.

d)

She drew a beautiful picture.

22.

Choose the visible verb.

a)

think

b)

decide

c)

laugh

d)

suspect

23.

Choose the sentence with the mental verb.

a)

I recognize her from the photograph.

b)

She watched All American.

c)

He played Uno.

d)

I wrote my journal entry on Schoology.

24.

The sun rises in the morning.

a)

rises

b)

morning

c)

sun

d)

none

25.

Find the verb:


I knew the answers.

a)

I

b)

knew

c)

the

d)

answers

26.

Find the verb:


We rolled down the hill.

a)

We

b)

rolled

c)

down

d)

hill

27.

Find the verb:


I want eggs for breakfast.

a)

want

b)

eggs

c)

for

d)

breakfast

28.

"The cat pounced onto the chair." This has a _ verb.

a)

mental

b)

visible

29.

Find the verb:


Tommy accidentally broke the window with the ball.

a)

accidentally

b)

broke

c)

with

d)

window

30.

Identify the verb. We held a Zoom birthday party.

a)

held

b)

Zoom

c)

birthday

d)

party

31.
a)

write

b)

run

c)

talk

d)

do

32.
a)

teach

b)

watch

c)

study

d)

see

33.
a)

teach

b)

watch

c)

study

d)

see

34.
a)

copy

b)

buil

c)

watch

d)

cook

35.
a)

read

b)

catch

c)

sing

d)

cook

36.
a)

think

b)

stay

c)

sleep

d)

want

37.
a)

take

b)

cook

c)

be

d)

love

38.
a)

do

b)

sleep

c)

stay

d)

cry

39.
a)

catch

b)

dance

c)

fly

d)

walk

40.
a)

eat

b)

run

c)

sing

d)

play

41.
a)

fix

b)

talk

c)

see

d)

eat

42.
a)

play

b)

read

c)

buy

d)

cry

43.
a)

sleep

b)

write

c)

walk

d)

build

44.
a)

travel

b)

copy

c)

love

d)

try

45.
a)

work

b)

be

c)

stay

d)

run

46.
a)

play

b)

study

c)

build

d)

try

47.

Verb2 of "break" is __________

a)

brake.

b)

broke.

c)

broken.

d)

broken.

48.

Verb3 of "grow" is ________

a)

grown.

b)

grew.

c)

grows.

d)

growing.

49.

Verb2 of "meet" is _________

a)

met

b)

meets

c)

meeting

d)

meet

50.

Verb3 of "be" is ________

a)

are

b)

is

c)

was

d)

been

51.

Verb3 of "know" is____________

a)

know

b)

knew

c)

known

d)

knowing

52.

Verb3 of "write" is ______________

a)

written

b)

wrote

c)

writes

d)

writing

53.

Verb2 of "sink" is _______________

a)

sinking

b)

sanking

c)

sank

d)

sunk

54.

Verb2 of "spend" is ______________

a)

spends

b)

spending

c)

spended

d)

spent

55.

Verb3 of "rise" is ___________

a)

rose

b)

arise

c)

risen

d)

rising

56.

Verb3 of "ride" is ___________________

a)

riding

b)

rode

c)

ridden

d)

ridded

57.

Verb3 of "know" is ___________

a)

knew

b)

know

c)

known

d)

knewed

58.
Identify the type of verbs highlighted in red in each of the sentences in this quiz:
My best friend is the funniest person in class.
a)
linking
b)
action
59.
My brother rode his bike all the way to the mall.
a)
linking
b)
action
60.
I am a better reader this year
a)
linking
b)
action
61.
We cut the wood in the backyard.
a)
action
b)
linking
62.
Why is she acting in a play when she is so sick?
a)
linking
b)
action
63.
Where are we going on the field trip?
a)
action
b)
linking
64.
Where are we going on the field trip?
a)
action
b)
linking
65.
She will stand at the back of the line.
a)
action
b)
linking
66.
The football team will be the winning team tomorrow night.
a)
action
b)
linking
67.
I feel anxious about seeing my ex at the game.
a)
action
b)
linking
68.
This pizza tastes stale
a)
linking
b)
action
69.
My sister tasted her new recipe.
a)
action
b)
linking
70.
The music sounded loud.
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking Verb
71.
Have you ever tasted ostrich?
a)
Action verb
b)
Linking verb
72.

Q: All students of SMA N 20 Bandung will _________ the graduation party this year.

a)

Join

b)

Be Joined

c)

Come

d)

Coming

73.

Q: The party will be___________on this Saturday night.

a)

Held

b)

Take a place

c)

Joined

d)

Start

74.

Q: Susan hold party to_____________her birthday.

a)

Celebrate

b)

Make

c)

Join

d)

Come

75.

Q: All the teachers and students are supposed to_____________this celebration.

a)

Come

b)

Joined

c)

Attend

d)

Prepared

76.

Q: My old friend _______________ me to come to his house.

a)

Invite

b)

Join

c)

Attend

d)

Come

77.

Q: JYP Entertainment has decided to_____________the concert because of something.

a)

Join

b)

Hold

c)

Cancel

d)

Canceled

78.

Mr. Okagi was working in his garden.

(a)  

79.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

barked

b)

someone

c)

red

d)

quietly

80.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

paper

b)

cry

c)

he

d)

this

81.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

eye

b)

few

c)

built

d)

American

82.

Identify the action verb: The snow glistened in the sun.

a)

snow

b)

sun

c)

glistened

d)

in

83.

Identify the action verb: The children played happily in the snow.

a)

played

b)

happily

c)

the

d)

in

84.

Identify the action verb: One child slid down the snowy hill.

a)

one

b)

down

c)

slid

d)

snowy

85.

Complete the sentence with the correct action verb: I ____ the whole bag of Doritos.

a)

drank

b)

clawed

c)

ate

d)

sang

86.

Complete the sentence with the correct action verb: Santa Claus _____ down the chimney at midnight tonight.

a)

swims

b)

vomits

c)

chokes

d)

comes

87.

Complete the sentence with the correct action verb: The Christmas choir _____ at a lovely concert.

a)

rang

b)

picked

c)

crafted

d)

sang

88.

What is a linking verb?

a)

a verb that joins two additional verbs

b)

not really a verb, it describes a verb

c)

a verb that connects a subject with a noun or adjective

d)

a verb that negates another verb

89.

_____ you _____ (go) to the dentist?

a)

Did, go

b)

Did, went

c)

Do, went

90.

I _____ (not/do) my homework yesterday.

a)

didn't do

b)

didn't did

91.

My friends _____ (dance) when they saw us.

a)

were dancing

b)

danced

c)

were dance

92.

My friends _____ (dance) when they saw us.

a)

were dancing

b)

danced

c)

were dance

93.

Choose the correct sentence from each pair of the Past Perfect Tense form.

a)

She never saw a bear before she moved to Alaska.

b)

She had never seen a bear before she moved to Alaska.

94.

Choose the correct sentence from each pair of the Past Perfect Tense form.

a)

I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Cancun.

b)

I never saw such a beautiful beach before I went to Cancun.

95.

If I _____ more time, I would practice some sport.

a)

had have

b)

had

c)

had had

d)

have had

96.

Never __________ the train to Louisiana if it hadn't been for love.

a)

would have catch

b)

would catch

c)

would have caught

97.

Continue the conversation:

a)

I are sad, thanks!

b)

I am excellent, thanks!

c)

I is very happy, thank you!

98.

The two boys ____ to school every morning.

a)

jump

b)

visit

c)

cycle

d)

kick

99.

The kittens ___ in a big basket every night.

a)

eat

b)

bath

c)

sleep

d)

drink

100.

Many people ______ the zoo on weekends.

a)

draw

b)

teach

c)

see

d)

visit

101.

Siti Aishah ______ beautiful pictures.

a)

draws

b)

weights

c)

trims

d)

pushes

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