Grade 1 English Language Arts · Nouns and Verbs

Grade 1 Nouns and Verbs Practice Test

Build grammar skills with five 10-question practice tests covering nouns, verbs, action words, common and proper nouns, and simple subject-verb use.

Nouns and Verbs Practice Tests

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.

Skills covered

  • Identifying nouns that name people, places, animals, and things
  • Recognizing verbs and action words in simple sentences
  • Distinguishing common nouns from proper nouns
  • Finding the subject and action in a sentence
  • Choosing a verb that agrees with a simple subject

How to use these practice tests

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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Grade 1 Nouns and Verbs Practice Tests

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.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is the action word in: The girl skips?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is skips.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Skips tells what the girl does.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is skips.

Skips tells what the girl does.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is a verb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is laugh.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Laugh names an action, so it is a verb.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is laugh.

Laugh names an action, so it is a verb.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word tells what the dog does in: The dog runs?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is runs.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Runs tells the action performed by the dog.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is runs.

Runs tells the action performed by the dog.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence contains a verb?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The fish swims..

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Swims tells what the fish does.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is The fish swims..

Swims tells what the fish does.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word shows an action that already happened?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is jumped.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Jumped tells about an action that happened in the past.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is jumped.

Jumped tells about an action that happened in the past.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which phrase shows an action that will happen later?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is will sing.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Will sing tells about an action that has not happened yet.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is will sing.

Will sing tells about an action that has not happened yet.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word shows an action happening now?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is reads.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Reads describes an action happening in the present.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is reads.

Reads describes an action happening in the present.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word is the verb in: We draw pictures?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is draw.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Draw tells what we do.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is draw.

Draw tells what we do.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Choose the verb that completes: Birds ___ in the sky.

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is fly.

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Fly is the action that makes sense in the sentence.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is fly.

Fly is the action that makes sense in the sentence.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence has two action words?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Sam runs and jumps..

  1. Read the sentence: Look at what each word names or what action it shows.
  2. Identify the word type: Runs and jumps are both action words in the sentence.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is Sam runs and jumps..

Runs and jumps are both action words in the sentence.

Frequently asked questions about Grade 1 nouns and verbs

What is a noun?

A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, or thing, such as teacher, park, dog, or book.

What is a verb?

A verb is a word that shows an action or tells what someone or something does, such as run, read, sing, or write.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 1 nouns and verbs questions in total.