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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 3 Language - Verbs 1 (Questions)

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This English quiz takes a first look at verbs. Verbs are primarily 'doing' words. It is easy to forget that sometimes verbs are 'being' words, too. Not every sentence has an action! Verbs are so important that it is impossible to have a sentence without one.

As you progress through school, you'll discover a lot more about verbs, but for now let's see how much you have remembered from your English lessons so far!

Try this quiz to see how well you can spot verbs.

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Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Spit
[ ]	Speak
[ ]	Cry
[ ]	Laugh

Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Fold
[ ]	Wave
[ ]	Is
[ ]	Sit

Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Jump
[ ]	Dig
[ ]	Hide
[ ]	Bark

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
She was five on her last birthday.

[ ]	was
[ ]	on
[ ]	last
[ ]	birthday

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The bug walks across the road.
[ ]	The leaf is on the ant.
[ ]	The bug is an ant.
[ ]	The bug carries the big leaf.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The stairs are brown with a gray rail.
[ ]	The man goes down the stairs.
[ ]	The man falls down the stairs.
[ ]	The man walks down the stairs.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The girl ducks under the twigs.
[ ]	The girl is under the long twigs.
[ ]	The girl and the twigs are in the forest.
[ ]	The twigs are over the girl.

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
The crowd filled the stadium and cheered their team enthusiastically.

[ ]	crowd, cheered
[ ]	filled, cheered
[ ]	team, enthusiastically
[ ]	cheered, enthusiastically

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The woman thinks about her day.
[ ]	The woman screams at the top of her lungs.
[ ]	The woman talks to her neighbor.
[ ]	The woman cries at her friend.

10.

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
I should go home before it becomes dark.

[ ]	I, should, before
[ ]	go, home, becomes
[ ]	should, go, becomes
[ ]	home, it, dark

English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 3 Language - Verbs 1 (Answers)

Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Spit
[ ]	Speak
[x]	Cry
[ ]	Laugh

Cry is the best verb to describe what the baby is doing in this picture.

Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Fold
[x]	Wave
[ ]	Is
[ ]	Sit

The correct verb is wave. If a student was writing a sentence, he or she should use an action verb.

Look at the picture. Your teacher asks you to write a sentence about this picture.
What verb could be used?

[ ]	Jump
[ ]	Dig
[x]	Hide
[ ]	Bark

The dog is hiding under the bed. This would be the best verb to use.

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
She was five on her last birthday.

[x]	was
[ ]	on
[ ]	last
[ ]	birthday

'Was' is a 'being' verb.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The bug walks across the road.
[ ]	The leaf is on the ant.
[ ]	The bug is an ant.
[x]	The bug carries the big leaf.

This sentence best explains what is happening in the picture and uses the best verb.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The stairs are brown with a gray rail.
[ ]	The man goes down the stairs.
[x]	The man falls down the stairs.
[ ]	The man walks down the stairs.

This sentence explains that the man is falling down the stairs.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[x]	The girl ducks under the twigs.
[ ]	The girl is under the long twigs.
[ ]	The girl and the twigs are in the forest.
[ ]	The twigs are over the girl.

This sentence explains exactly what is happening in the picture.

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
The crowd filled the stadium and cheered their team enthusiastically.

[ ]	crowd, cheered
[x]	filled, cheered
[ ]	team, enthusiastically
[ ]	cheered, enthusiastically

'Filled' and 'cheered' are the 'doing' words in this sentence.

Look at the picture. What sentence best describes this picture?

[ ]	The woman thinks about her day.
[x]	The woman screams at the top of her lungs.
[ ]	The woman talks to her neighbor.
[ ]	The woman cries at her friend.

This best explains what is happening in the picture with the woman.

10.

Find the verb(s) in the following sentence.
I should go home before it becomes dark.

[ ]	I, should, before
[ ]	go, home, becomes
[x]	should, go, becomes
[ ]	home, it, dark

'Should' is a modal verb, 'go' is a 'doing' word, and 'becomes' is a 'being' word.