Identifying the Verb in Sentences

Identify the verb:

John waters the plants.

• John

• plants

• waters

Identify the verb:

Cars drive past our house.

• Cars

• House

• Drive

Identify the verb:

I play basketball on Fridays.

• Play

• Basketball

• On

Identify the verb:

I sleep at 8:00 PM.

• I

• At

• Sleep

Identify the verb:

Mike eats pizza.

• Mike

• Pizza

• Eats

Identify the verb:

Please handle glass carefully.

• Please

• Carefully

• Handle

Identify the verb.

Did you see the new movie?

• new

• see

• you

• movie

Identify the verb in the following sentence:
We enjoyed the high school soccer game.

• We
• game
• enjoyed
• soccer

Identify the verb in the following sentence:

The coach planned a play for the second half.

• planned
• play
• half
• coach

What is a verb?

• a person, place, thing or idea
• a word that describes a noun
• an action word
• a word that describes an adjective