Sixth Grade Language Arts Action Verbs (Houghton Mifflin)

Sixth Grade Language Arts Action Verbs (Houghton Mifflin)

Action Verbs

You know that a verb is the main word in the predicate of a sentence. An action verb tells what the subject does or did.

We walked on the beach.

We ran toward the ocean.

Visible or invisible?

Sometimes an action verb tells about an action that you cannot see.

We want seashells.

I wonder about the titles.

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

I found a sand dollar on the beach.

• I

• found

• dollar

• beach

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

Dad and I studied the sand dollar carefully.

• carefully

• sand

• Dad

• studied

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

I touched the pattern on its surface.

• touched

• pattern

• I

• surface

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

I brought the sand dollar into the house.

• I

• brought

• into

• house

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

It fits in the palm of my hand.

• It

• palm

• fits

• hand

Multiple Choice

Find the action verb.

Dad placed in on the windowsill in the sunlight.

• placed

• windowsill

• Dad

• sunlight