Action Verbs

Pedro ___ Portuguese.

• study

• studyes

• studies

• studying

Alice ____ with the dog every day.

• walk

• runs

• running

• run

The sun ____outside.

• brilliant

• shines

• shine

• shining

Phillip _____ a few pages from the book each day.

• read

• reading

• red

• reads

John ____the class about grammar.

• teach

• instruct

• teaches

• teaching

Which word is the action verb?

Gavin practiced soccer yesterday.

• Gavin

• practiced

• yesterday

• soccer

What do verbs do?

• They modify nouns or pronouns.

• They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

• The express an action, condition or state of being.

• They are used in place of a noun.

Find the verb:

Tommy accidentally broke the window with the ball.

• accidentally

• with

• window

• broke