CBSE Class 6 English Action Verbs and Direct Objects Worksheet

An action verb is a word that describes what someone or something does. An action verb names an action, although not always a physical action. Some action verbs describe mental action.

Tyler swam faster than anyone else at camp. (The action verb swam describes a physical action.)

Alicia calculated the score in her head. (The verb calculated describes a mental action.)

Sometimes an action verb is followed by a direct object. A direct object receives the action of the verb. It answers the question what or whom? after an action verb.

Kelsey’s soccer team won yesterday’s game. (The action verb, won, is followed by the direct object, game, which answers the question what?)
 

• Exercise 1 Draw two lines under the action verb in each sentence.

Yellowstone National Park attracts many visitors.

1. Yellowstone covers more than two million acres of land.

2. Its boundaries reach into three states.

3. The park features thousands of hot springs.

4. Some hot springs shoot columns of water and steam into the air.

5. We call them geysers.

6. Yellowstone’s geysers attract visitors from all over the world.

7. Nearly two hundred geysers dot the park’s landscape.

8. Old Faithful, the largest, erupts almost hourly.

9. It shoots water more than one hundred feet into the air.

10. Enormous crowds gather beside it.

11. Yellowstone National Park contains many other attractions.

12. The Yellowstone River divides the park north to south.

13. It carves a canyon through the mountains.

14. In several places, the river falls from steep cliffs.

15. Visitors to Yellowstone observe a variety of wildlife.

16. Many species of wildflowers grow in the Rocky Mountains.

17. Moose roam the area.

18. Herds of bison graze in the park.

19. Both grizzlies and black bears live in the park.

20. Yellowstone’s famous bears sometimes frighten campers.
 

• Exercise 2 Draw two lines under the action verb in each sentence. If the action verb has a direct object, circle the direct object.

The Grand Canyon attracts millions of visitors each year.

1. Millions more catch glimpses of the canyon though airplane windows.

2. Grand Canyon National Park contains the most spectacular sections of the gorge.

3. The park encompasses more than one million acres.

4. At visitor centers, people study maps of the park.

5. They learn interesting facts about the area’s geology.

6. An enormous sea once covered this part of North America.

7. The Colorado River carved the canyon over many years.

8. Many visitors hike the park’s trails.

9. Trails lead hikers down from the canyon’s rim and back up.

10. Some people ride mules instead of hiking.

11. Visitors notice fossils in the canyon walls.

12. Sandstone, limestone, and shale form multicolored layers.

13. Weather constantly changes the rock formations.

14. Wind and rain erode the soft rock.

15. Sometimes big chunks of rock fall.

16. Changing light constantly alters the canyon’s appearance.