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Previewing Verbs

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a verb?

a)

A person, place, or thing

b)

A describing word

c)

An action word

d)

An opposite word

2.

Which of these words is a verb?

a)

climb

b)

sister

c)

hot

d)

home

3.

Choose the verb in this sentence: The kids skipped all the way to school.

a)

kids

b)

way

c)

school

d)

skipped

4.

Choose the verb from this sentence: We eat our lunch at the table.

a)

lunch

b)

eat

c)

we

d)

table

5.

Which list ONLY has verbs?

a)

run, jump, hide, read

b)

dog, book, apple, yellow

c)

cute, bike, flower, cat

d)

house, shoes, hair, baby

6.

Choose the verb from this sentence: Kayla listens to a story before bedtime.

a)

story

b)

Kayla

c)

listens

d)

bedtime

7.

Choose the verb from this sentence: James always throws away all of his trash.

a)

throws

b)

James

c)

trash

d)

away

8.

Choose the TWO verbs from this sentence: We ate dinner and then walked around the park yesterday before dark.

a)

dinner and park

b)

before and yesterday

c)

then and dark

d)

ate and walked

9.

Which of these words is NOT a verb?

a)

help

b)

dream

c)

cow

d)

smile

10.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

barked

b)

someone

c)

red

d)

quietly

11.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

paper

b)

cry

c)

he

d)

this

12.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

eye

b)

few

c)

built

d)

American

13.

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

a)

snow

b)

sun

c)

glistened

d)

in

14.

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

a)

played

b)

happily

c)

the

d)

in

15.

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

a)

one

b)

down

c)

slid

d)

snowy

16.

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

a)

drank

b)

clawed

c)

ate

d)

sang

17.

Directions: Identify the action verbs in each sentence. Choose all that apply.


The sun shines in the sky.

a)

sun

b)

sky

c)

shines

d)

the

18.

The children walk to school.

a)

children

b)

walk

c)

school

d)

to

19.

Our mothers chat across the street.

a)

chat

b)

mothers

c)

across

d)

street

20.

The baby babbles quietly in his stroller.

a)

stroller

b)

quietly

c)

babbles

d)

baby

21.

She yelled when she hit her toe.

a)

yelled

b)

toe

c)

hit

d)

when

22.

We ate the dinner and walked around the park.

a)

dinner

b)

ate

c)

around

d)

walk

23.

The teacher reads a book to her students then asks them questions about the story

a)

reads

b)

questions

c)

story

d)

asks

24.

Close the door now!

a)

now

b)

the

c)

close

d)

door

25.

The manufacturer sent him a letter.

What is the action verb?

a)

manufacturer

b)

sent

c)

him

d)

letter

26.

Musicians, dancers, and artists create beautiful artwork for other people.

What is the action verb?

a)

artwork

b)

for

c)

people

d)

create

27.

A dancer performs with his or her body.

What is the action verb?

a)

performs

b)

with

c)

body

d)

dancer

28.

An artist paints with his or her hands.

What is the action verb?

a)

hands

b)

paints

c)

artist

d)

with

29.

Niagara Falls looks breathtaking.

(a)  

30.

Niagara Falls is a most spectacular natural wonder!

(a)  

31.

The water plunges over a cliff in two separate waterfalls.

(a)  

32.

The American Falls lies within the United States.

(a)  

33.

Its home state is New York.

(a)  

34.

The Horseshoe Falls lies within Canada.

(a)  

35.

Ontario is its home province.

(a)  

36.

The Niagara River is the source of both of these waterfalls.

(a)  

37.

This river becomes part of the border between the United States and Canada.

(a)  

38.

It carries the overflow from four of the Great Lakes.

(a)  

39.

It carries the overflow from four of the Great Lakes.

(a)  

40.

Find the verb:


Joe came to the party.

a)

Joe

b)

came

c)

to

d)

party

41.

Find the verb:


We rolled down the hill.

a)

We

b)

rolled

c)

down

d)

hill

42.

Find the verb:


I want eggs for breakfast.

a)

want

b)

eggs

c)

for

d)

breakfast

43.

Find the verb:


Peppa chose the blue one.

a)

chose

b)

the

c)

blue

d)

one

44.

Find the verb:


The old man gives his money away.

a)

old

b)

man

c)

gives

d)

away

45.

Which have ONLY VERBS!

a)

girl, ran ,sit

b)

eat, teacher, pass

c)

spray, mom ,drink

d)

play, swim, think

46.

Which have ONLY VERBS!

a)

boy, jog, stand

b)

wash, dad, read

c)

drive, spell, dad

d)

play, skip, scare

47.

What is the past tense of WRITE

a)

wrote

b)

written

c)

writed

48.

Past tense of FIND

a)

Finded

b)

Found

c)

Fint

49.

Past tense of take

a)

taken

b)

took

c)

taked

50.

Past tense of cut

a)

cut

b)

cuts

c)

cutted

51.

Dad cooked his famous spaghetti for dinner!

a)

dinner

b)

famous

c)

cooked

52.

Mary carefully checked her answers.

a)

carefully

b)

checked

c)

answers

53.

My dog barked all night!

a)

dog

b)

barked

c)

night

54.

He brushed his teeth before bed.

a)

brushed

b)

teeth

c)

He

55.

Can we ride our bikes to the park?

a)

we

b)

ride

c)

bikes

56.

I am reading a new book about ocean animals.

a)

reading

b)

new

c)

book

57.

Ryan made a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.

a)

Ryan

b)

cheese

c)

made

58.

The phone rang at about 9:00 last night.

a)

about

b)

phone

c)

rang

59.

The phone rang at about 9:00 last night.

a)

about

b)

phone

c)

rang

60.

I memorized my multiplication facts!

a)

multiplication

b)

memorized

c)

facts

61.

Can she watch a movie with me?

a)

with

b)

watch

c)

movie

62.
What is the verb in the sentence?
The cat pounced on the mouse.
a)
cat
b)
mouse
c)
pounced
d)
on
63.
What is the verb in the sentence?
My family and I walked to the park down the street.
a)
park
b)
walked
c)
brother
d)
family
64.
What is the verb in the sentence?
Mrs. Brister creates a lot of games with technology.
a)
creates
b)
games
c)
technology
d)
with
65.
What is the verb in the sentence?
My dog sleeps by the front door when I'm not home.
a)
front
b)
sleeps
c)
home
d)
door
66.
What is the verb in the sentence?
We visited the white house on our vacation last year.
a)
white
b)
last
c)
visited
d)
year
67.
What is the verb in the sentence?
Dad built Rosco a new red dog house. 
a)
Dad
b)
built
c)
red
d)
new
68.
What is the verb in the sentence?
Teachers love their students each year.
a)
love
b)
each
c)
teachers
d)
year
69.
What is the verb in the sentence?
Sally's bird chirps all day in the spring.
a)
bird
b)
spring
c)
chirps
d)
day
70.
What is the verb in the sentence?
Max likes football the best.
a)
likes
b)
football
c)
best
d)
Max
71.
What is the verb in the sentence?
We always hunt Easter eggs right after church on Easter Sunday.
a)
always
b)
hunt
c)
after
d)
Easter
72.
I was eating dinner when in walked my brother.
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
a)
in walked 
b)
eating dinner
c)
was eating
d)
I was
73.
The car is making an awful noise.
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
a)
The car
b)
is making
c)
awful noise
d)
car is
74.
The class will be going to see a film on the American Revolution.
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
a)
will be going
b)
to see
c)
American Revolution
d)
The class will

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