Writing Quiz/Unit-Verbs and Direct Objects

What do verbs do?

• They modify nouns or pronouns
• They express an action, condition, or state of being
• They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• They are used in a place of a noun.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the action verb in the sentence below?

Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

• Harriet

• taught

• the class

• training

What is the action verb in the sentence below?

Simon argued with everyone today.

• today

• Simon

• argued

• everyone

Complete the sentence with the correct action verb:

Santa Claus _____ down the chimney at midnight tonight.

• swims

• types

• chokes

• comes

Complete the sentence with the correct action verb:

The Christmas choir _____ at a lovely concert.

• rang

• picked

• crafted

• sang

Which one of these verbs is an invisible verb?

• Liz dances horribly

• She eats a lot.

• He cries at night.

• I love my family.

Choose the sentence with the invisible verb.

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

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

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

• She drew a beautiful picture.

Choose the sentence with the invisible verb.

• I recognize her from the photograph.

• She watched All American.

• He played Uno.

• I wrote my journal entry on Schoology.

Choose the visible verb.

• think

• decide

• laugh

• suspect

They are singing for his birthday.
What type of verb is highlighted?

• main verb
• helping verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A