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Action Verbs Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an action verb?

a)

quick

b)

happy

c)

blue

d)

laugh

2.

What do you do when you want to move quickly?

a)

sleep

b)

watch tv

c)

run

d)

sit down

3.

Which action means to make food?

a)

cry

b)

jump

c)

cook

d)

dance

4.

What do you do when you want to hear something?

a)

throw away

b)

climb

c)

listen

d)

push

5.

Which of these actions means to go up in the air?

a)

drink

b)

turn off

c)

sit down

d)

fly

6.

What do you do when you want to see something?

a)

close your eyes

b)

look

c)

run away

d)

turn off the lights

7.

Which of these actions means to go down?

a)

fall

b)

jump

c)

swim

d)

climb

8.

What do you do when you want to taste something?

a)

smell

b)

eat

c)

look

d)

hear

9.

Which action means to move in a circular path?

a)

spin

b)

jump

c)

run

d)

sit

10.

What do you do when you want to smell something?

a)

taste

b)

sniff

c)

look

d)

hear

11.

Which of these actions means to stop moving?

a)

run

b)

walk

c)

halt

d)

jump

12.

What do you do when you want to jump high?

a)

crawl

b)

leap

c)

sit

d)

walk

13.

Which action means to move backward?

a)

advance

b)

retreat

c)

run

d)

stop

14.

What do you do when you want to touch something?

a)

feel

b)

see

c)

hear

d)

smell

15.

Which action means to move forward?

a)

retreat

b)

advance

c)

stop

d)

turn around

16.

What do you do when you want to hear better?

a)

shout

b)

listen closely

c)

turn off

d)

look

17.

Which action means to move side to side?

a)

slide

b)

jump

c)

run

d)

sit

18.

What do you do when you want to run faster?

a)

walk

b)

sprint

c)

stretch

d)

sit still

19.

What do you do when you want to feel something?

a)

ignore

b)

touch

c)

see

d)

listen

20.

Which action means to move in a zigzag pattern?

a)

weave

b)

run

c)

jump

d)

stand