Verbs

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Verbs are doing words or action words.

1.Color the verbs (action words) that each noun (naming word)
can do. The first one has been done for you.

Noun

Verbs

(naming word)

boy
snake
chicken
fish
dog
horse
duck
fire
wheel

(action words)

skip
slither
drink
swim
talk
gallop
swim
burn
sing

eat
read
eat
eat
eat
grow
fly
heat
spin

fly
bite
shoot
breathe
bark
eat
quack
cook
turn

kick
hiss
scratch
grow
play
fly
bark
wash
roll

2. Color the ones you can do.

eating
sleeping
flying

pushing
playing
barking

scratching
growing
swimming

buzzing
reading
quacking

3. Write a sentence saying what you like doing best of all.

I like
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Verbs
Name

Grammar BLM

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Verbs are doing words or action words.

Tell what is happening in these pictures. Use action words.
a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.
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The boy sits.

He is

The girl throws.

She is

The clown stands.

He is

The rain is falling.

The rain

The bird is flying.

The bird

Cuddles growls.
He is
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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

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Verb
a. shines
b. swims
c. blows
d. quacks
e. falls
f. trots
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a.
b.
c.
d.

fly
bark
hop
cry

e. swim
f. ring
g. tick

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1. NounVerbs
boyskip, eat, kick
snakeslither, bite,
hiss
chickendrink, eat,
scratch
fishswim, eat,
grow
dogeat, bark, play
horsegallop, grow,
eat
duckswim, fly,
quack
fireburn, heat,
cook
wheelspin, turn,
roll
2. Answers will vary.
3. Answers will vary.
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(Answers will vary.)
a. sitting

s
w
a
s
h
t

throwing
standing
falls
flies
growling
w
a
c
s
h
o

a
t
r
a
o
l

m
e
y
w
p
d

l
i
c
k
e
d

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a. told
b. cry
c. saw
d. swam
e. licked
f. wash
g. hop
h. ate
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ate
washed
brushed
put
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o
b
t
m
w
p

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.

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p
a
e
a
a
e

wash
set
bake
eat
open
tell
make
peel

went
watch
said
jumped

e
k
l
k
s
e

n
e
l
e
h
l

e
a
t
s
e
t

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Answers will vary.
a. Lisa kicked the ball.
b. The dog barked at
me.
c. Our teacher told us
a story.
d. The train arrived at
the station.
e. The puppy chewed
the bone.
f. The kangaroo
hopped over the
fence.
g. Sally rang the bell
for play.
h. The bird flew into
the tree.
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a. is
b. are
c. are
d. are
e. is

f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

is
are
is
are
is

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a. was
b. was
c. were
d. was
e. were

f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

were
were
was
was
were

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1.
a. ran
b. sat
c. jumped
d. ate
e. walked
f. rode
2. Answers will vary.
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1.
a. like
b. saw
c. thought
d. believed
e. hated
f. think
2. Answers will vary.
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1.
a. hits
b. barks
c. sits
d. sweeps
e. grow
f. swims
2.
a. buys
b. plants
c. scratches
d. jump
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1.
a. played
b. broke
c. ate
d. dropped
e. dug
f. helped
2.
a. rained
b. fell
c. drove
d. bit
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1.
a. eat
b. bite

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