Verbs

What is an action verb?

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that describes a noun

• The action that is taking place in the sentence

• A word that joins together phrases and clauses

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Sarah voted for the very first time.

• voted

• Sarah

• first

• very

Identify the verb in this sentence:

The pot of stew on the stove caught on fire.

• caught

• caught on

• pot of

• on the stove

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Write your name at the top of your paper.

• name

• your

• write

• paper

Which of the following is a verb?

• run

• llama

• and

• they

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Austin and Ella slept all day.

• Ella

• Austin

• slept

• day

Identify the verb in this sentence:

Hayden spoke to her friend during class.

• Hayden

• talked

• spoke

• friend

Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

The fan ______ clockwise.

• spun

• spinned

• spin

• screamed

Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

We ______ a board game together.

• jumped

• attacked

• motivated

• played

Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

They _____ "Lean on Me" for karaoke at the party.

• song

• sang

• is

• are