Verbs: Mental Action vs Physical Action

What is the verb in the sentence?
She walked to the store last night.

• last
• She
• night
• walked

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Phillip reads a few pages everyday.

• every

• reads

• pages

• few

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.

• on

• the

• climbed

• mountain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Percy collected many fine seashells on the beach.

• many

• fine

• collected

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

• about

• taught

• the

• class

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.

• painted

• for

• in

• many

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which one of these verbs expresses a mental action?

• Liz dances horribly

• She eats a lot.

• He cries at night.

• I consider it useful.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which type of verb expresses a physical or mental activity?

• action verb
• helping verb
• linking verb
• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which word is the action verb?
Gavin practiced soccer yesterday.

• practiced
• yesterday
• Gavin
• soccer

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What do verbs do?

• They modify nouns or pronouns
• They express an action, condition, or state of being
• They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• They are used in a place of a noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D