Verbs

What is a verb?

• Person, place, thing, or idea

• Physical or mental action

• Describes nouns

• Describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Match the following parts of speech with their definition.

• Adverb

• Describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

• Verb

• Describes nouns

• Noun

• Person, place, thing, or idea

• Adjective

• Physical or mental action

What are the TWO types of verbs that we talked about in class?

• Common

• Action

• Abstract

• Linking

Identify the verb in the sentence below.

My little sister wants pizza for dinner.

• little

• sister

• wants

• pizza

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They are excited for the baseball game.

• they

• are

• excited

• baseball game

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I remember the lyrics to this song.

• remember

• lyrics

• song

• I

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The Curtis Brothers ate chocolate cake for breakfast.

• ate

• chocolate cake

• breakfast

• Curtis Brothers

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My dogs love peanut butter and marshmallows.

• dogs

• love

• peanut butter

• marshmallows

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The dog found a toy at the park.

• dog

• found

• toy

• park

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School begins at 8am.

• school

• begins

• 8am