Name:_________________________Score:_____
Instructions: Read each sentence carefully and encircle the
action verb.
1. The cat jumped onto the windowsill to catch a bird.
2. Sarah paints beautiful pictures of landscapes.
3. Tom runs every morning to stay healthy.
4. The dog barked loudly at the stranger in the yard.
5. Jenny wrote a letter to her best friend in another city.
6. The children played in the park until the sun went down.
7. My mom cooked a delicious dinner for the whole family.
8. The flowers bloomed beautifully in the spring garden.
9. David threw the ball to his teammate during the game.
10. The teacher reads a story to the class every afternoon.
11. The birds sang sweetly in the trees early this morning.
12. Emma bakes cookies for her friends every weekend.
13. The bus arrived at the station ten minutes late.
14. Lucas drives his car to work every day.
15. The snowman melted in the warm afternoon sun.
16. The athlete lifted the heavy weights with ease.
17. The baby laughed when her dad made a funny face.
18. Maria studied hard for her final exams.
19. The wind blew the leaves across the yard.
20. He fixed the broken chair in the living room.
Answers:
1. jumped
2. paints
3. runs
4. barked
5. wrote
6. played
7. cooked
8. bloomed
9. threw
10. reads
11. sang
12. bakes
13. arrived
14. drives
15. melted
16. lifted
17. laughed
18. studied
19. blew
20. fixed
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