Non Action Verbs

Non Action Verbs

Wilmer B.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct action non-action verb:

I _______ being outdoors

• am

• are

• is

• love

Verbs to Express Being

• Non-action words, or non-action verbs, do not refer to an action as such, but represent a state of being, need, opinion, sense, or preference.

• Examples are the “be” verbs, like: am, are, was, were, is, has been, and had.

• Referring to the senses, some non-action words are: Look, 

  feel, taste, and sound

Multiple Select

Check the non-action verbs

• like

• Entertain

• hate

• want

• Kick

Fill in the Blank

Find the non action verb in the following sentences and write it down.

She likes her phone a lot.

Fill in the Blank

Put the verb in parenthesis into present progressive.

Mrs Miller (to listen) ___________ to CDs.

Fill in the Blank

Write the correct form of the verb

Sara______ beautiful

Multiple Choice

He ________ he understands the non-action verbs a little better at the end of the exercise

• Hope

• is hoping

• hopes

• never hope

Multiple Choice

I _________ (taste) all these desserts and this cake _______ (taste) delicious

• taste/ is tasting

• tastes/taste

• am tasting/tastes

• am tasting/taste