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Verbs and Nouns Quiz

Read each question carefully. Identify verbs, contractions, and possessive nouns. Write your answers on the lines provided.

Verbs That Describe and Verbs That Show Doing

Some verbs connect a subject to a description or identity. Other verbs tell what someone or something does.

1.At the skate park, Lucy glides down the ramp. What kind of verb is glides?
  • Linking verb
  • Action verb
2.Harper feels nervous before trying a new trick. What kind of verb is feels?
  • Linking verb
  • Action verb
3.Sofia kicked her skateboard back toward the bench. What kind of verb is kicked?
  • Linking verb
  • Action verb
4.The concrete was warm in the afternoon sun. What kind of verb is was?
  • Linking verb
  • Action verb

Contractions and Possessive Nouns

A contraction joins words using an apostrophe. A possessive noun uses an apostrophe to show ownership.

5.In the sentence “We’re ready to skate,” what is we’re?
  • A contraction for we are
  • A possessive noun
  • An action verb
  • A linking verb
6.True or false: In “The skater’s helmet is blue,” skater’s shows who owns the helmet.
7.Complete the sentence: shouldn’t is a contraction for and .
8.Choose the possessive noun in this sentence: “Harper’s board has bright green wheels.”
  • board
  • bright
  • Harper’s
  • wheels
9.Write one complete sentence about skating that uses a contraction with not, such as can’t or won’t.
10.Write a complete sentence about the skate park using a possessive noun to show ownership.

Contraction Practice

Rewrite each pair of words as one contraction.

11.At the skate park, Lucy says, “I will try the small ramp.” Rewrite “I will” as a contraction.
12.Harper says, “I could not find my helmet.” Rewrite “could not” as a contraction in the sentence.
13.Sofia says, “The ramp does not look steep.” Rewrite “does not” as a contraction in the sentence.
14.Lucy says, “We have not finished practicing.” Rewrite “have not” as a contraction in the sentence.

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  • Verbs and Nouns Quiz, page 1 of 3: Verbs That Describe and Verbs That Show Doing

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  • Verbs and Nouns Quiz, page 2 of 3: Contractions and Possessive Nouns

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  • Verbs and Nouns Quiz, page 3 of 3: Contraction Practice

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