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 Blanks

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

She likes her phone a lot.

Fill in the Blanks

Put the verb in parenthesis into present progressive.

Mrs Miller (to listen)

to CDs.

Fill in the Blanks

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