Grade 1 English Language Arts · Nouns and Verbs
Build grammar skills with five 10-question practice tests covering nouns, verbs, action words, common and proper nouns, and simple subject-verb use.
These Grade 1 English Language Arts practice tests help students recognize nouns and verbs in words and simple sentences. Students identify people, places, animals, and things, then find the action words that tell what someone or something does.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Ask the student to explain what each noun names or what each verb tells someone can do. Read the solution after each question and make a new sentence using the same noun or verb.
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1. Test
A 10-question Grade 1 practice test on nouns, verbs, action words, common and proper nouns, and simple subject-verb use.
Read each word or sentence carefully. Choose one answer, then open the solution to review why it is a noun or verb.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is dog.
Dog is a noun because it names an animal.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is jump.
Jump is a verb because it tells what someone or something can do.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is cat.
Cat names an animal, so it is the noun in the sentence.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is fly.
Fly tells what birds do, so it is the verb.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is teacher.
Teacher names a person, so it is a noun.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is swim.
Swim names an action, so it is a verb.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is I eat an apple..
The word apple names a thing in the sentence.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is The baby cries..
Cries tells what the baby does, so it is an action word.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is school.
School names a place, so it is a noun.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is read.
Read tells what we do, so it is the verb.
A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing, such as teacher, park, dog, or book.
A verb is a word that shows an action or tells what someone or something does, such as run, read, sing, or write.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 1 nouns and verbs questions in total.
