Action Verbs Worksheet
Instructions: underline the action verbs in the following sentences.
1. Eric put the shirt back onto the clothes rack.
2. They ran to the finish line.
3. The child thought about the television.
4. The professor experienced a class that acted like animals.
5. You like to ride your bike to school every day, and you like to run three times per week.
6. Usain Bolt runs at a top speed of 27.8 mph.
7. I assumed that Senator Totem ate the last slice of pie.
8. The carpenter slowly shaved the wood.
9. The water gushed out of the hole in the dam.
10. When I am stressed, I take some time to exercise and meditate.
11. When I slammed the door, I did not see that my finger was in the door jam.
12. My brother is scared that there might be monsters in the closet, so he refuses to open his
closet during the night.
13. Friends come, and friends go.
14. Laila delivered an impressive saxophone solo at the concert last night.
15. Terrance passed the paper to the student sitting behind him.
