Grade 1 English worksheet focusing on verbs, where students identify action words to complete sentences, accompanied by a word search and a playful cat illustration.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given a grid of letters and 8 sentences with blanks. We need to find the correct verb from the grid that fits each sentence.

First, let’s list all possible words we can make from the grid (reading across rows or down columns — but since it’s a word search style, likely horizontal or vertical):

Grid:
Row 1: s w a m l → “swam”, “swal” (not real), “waml” (no) → swam is valid
Row 2: w a t e i → “water”, “wati” (no) → water is valid
Row 3: a c r y c → “cry”, “acry” (no) → cry is valid
Row 4: s s a w k → “saw”, “ssaw” (no) → saw is valid
Row 5: h h o p e → “hope”, “hhope” (no) → hope is valid
Row 6: t o l d d → “told”, “toldd” (no) → told is valid

Also check vertically? Let’s see if any other verbs appear vertically:

Column 1: s, w, a, s, h, t → no clear verb
Column 2: w, a, c, s, h, o → no
Column 3: a, t, r, a, o, l → “tar”, “rat”, etc. — not matching context
Column 4: m, e, y, w, p, d → “mew”, “yep”, etc. — not helpful
Column 5: l, i, c, k, e, d → “licked”! Wait — column 5: l, i, c, k, e, d → that spells licked vertically!

So now our verb options from the grid are:
- swam
- water
- cry
- saw
- hope
- told
- licked

Wait — also check row 3: “a c r y c” — could be “cry” (letters 2-4). Yes.

Now match each sentence:

1. The teacher ______ us a story about snakes.
→ Teachers tell stories. From grid: told → fits.

2. The baby will ______ because it is hungry.
→ Babies cry when hungry. From grid: cry → fits.

3. I ______ her take the pencils.
→ This means “I watched her take...” → past tense of see = saw → fits.

4. Billy ______ across the river.
→ Swimming across a river → swam → fits.

5. The cat ______ its fur.
→ Cats lick their fur → licked (from column 5) → fits.

6. Mike will ______ the dog.
→ Could be “water the dog”? Like give water? Or “hope the dog”? Doesn’t fit well.
Wait — maybe “told”? No.
Another possibility: “Mike will water the dog” — meaning give water to drink? Possible.
But let’s hold on.

7. The kangaroo will ______ the dog.
→ Kangaroos hop/jump. But “hop” isn’t in the grid? Wait — row 5: h h o p e → has “hop”! Letters 3-5: o,p,e? No — positions: h(1), h(2), o(3), p(4), e(5) → so “hop” is letters 3-4? o and p — need three letters. Actually, “hop” would be h-o-p — which appears as letters 2-4? h(2), o(3), p(4) → yes! So hop is in row 5.

So add hop to our list.

Then sentence 7: The kangaroo will hop the dog? That doesn’t make sense. Hop over? Maybe “hop” alone isn’t right.

Wait — perhaps “chase”? Not in grid.

Alternative for #6: Mike will hope the dog? No.

Wait — maybe #6 is “Mike will told the dog”? No, grammar wrong — “will told” is incorrect. Must be base form after “will”.

Ah! Important: After “will”, we use base verb (infinitive without to).

So for sentences with “will”, we need base form verbs.

Look at grid again:

Base forms available:
- swim → but we have “swam” (past), not “swim”
- water → base form
- cry → base form
- see → we have “saw” (past), not “see”
- hope → base form
- tell → we have “told” (past), not “tell”
- lick → we have “licked” (past), not “lick”
- hop → base form

So for sentences with “will”, we must pick base form verbs that are actually in the grid.

Which base forms are directly in the grid?

Check:

“water” — yes, row 2: w-a-t-e-r → that’s 5 letters, but row 2 is w,a,t,e,i — wait, that’s “watei” — oh no! I made a mistake earlier.

Row 2: w a t e i — that’s not “water”. “Water” needs ‘r’ at end. Row 2 ends with ‘i’. So “water” is NOT in row 2.

Oh no — I misread.

Let me re-extract carefully.

Grid:

Row 1: s w a m l → possible words: “swam” (s-w-a-m), “swal” (invalid), “waml” (no) → only swam

Row 2: w a t e i → “wate” (not common), “ate”, “tie”, “wait” — “wait” is w-a-i-t — but here it’s w,a,t,e,i — so “wait” would require rearranging? Probably not allowed — assume left-to-right only.

Actually, in such puzzles, usually you read horizontally left to right, or vertically top to bottom, without skipping.

So row 2: w-a-t-e-i → possible substrings: “wat”, “ate”, “tei” — none are strong verbs except maybe “ate” — but “ate” is past tense of eat.

Is “ate” acceptable? Let’s note it.

But let’s go back.

Perhaps I should list ALL possible 3+ letter words from rows and columns.

Rows:

R1: s w a m l → swam, swal(w invalid), waml(no), aml(no) → only swam

R2: w a t e i → wat, ate, tei → ate is a verb (past of eat)

R3: a c r y c → acr, cry, ryc → cry

R4: s s a w k → ssa, saw, awk → saw

R5: h h o p e → hho, hop, ope → hop

R6: t o l d d → tol, old, ldd → told, old (but old is adjective)

Columns:

C1: s,w,a,s,h,t → swasht? No. Substrings: swa, was, ash, sht → was (verb!) — yes, “was” is in col1 rows2-4: w,a,s → but that’s vertical? Positions: row2 col1=w, row3 col1=a, row4 col1=s → so “was” vertically.

Similarly, C2: w,a,c,s,h,o → wac, acs, cso, sho → “sho” no, “who” not there. “ash” already had.

C3: a,t,r,a,o,l → atr, tra, rao, aol → “tar”, “rat”, “oral” — not helpful.

C4: m,e,y,w,p,d → mey, eyw, ywp, wpd → “mew” (cat sound) — possible verb? “The cat mew” — unusual.

C5: l,i,c,k,e,d → l-i-c-k-e-d → licked — perfect, 6 letters vertically.

C6: (only 5 rows? Grid is 6x5? Wait, image shows 6 rows, 5 columns? Let me count:

In the grid shown:

It's 6 rows, 5 columns.

Rows:

1: s w a m l

2: w a t e i

3: a c r y c

4: s s a w k

5: h h o p e

6: t o l d d

So columns:

Col1: s,w,a,s,h,t

Col2: w,a,c,s,h,o

Col3: a,t,r,a,o,l

Col4: m,e,y,w,p,d

Col5: l,i,c,k,e,d

So col5: l,i,c,k,e,d → licked

col1: s,w,a,s,h,t → substrings: "was" (rows2-4: w,a,s), "ash" (rows3-5: a,s,h), "sht" no.

"was" is a verb.

Also, "had"? Not present.

Back to sentences.

Sentence 1: The teacher ______ us a story about snakes.

Past tense needed. Options: told, saw, swam, cried, licked, was, ate, hop? No.

“Told” is best fit. And “told” is in row6: t,o,l,d,d → “told” is first four letters.

So told

Sentence 2: The baby will ______ because it is hungry.

After “will”, base verb. What do babies do when hungry? Cry. Is “cry” in grid? Yes, row3: a,c,r,y,c → “cry” is c,r,y — positions 2,3,4.

And “cry” is base form. Perfect.

So cry

Sentence 3: I ______ her take the pencils.

This implies past tense — I saw her take... “Saw” is in row4: s,s,a,w,k → “saw” is s,a,w — positions 3,4,5? s(1),s(2),a(3),w(4),k(5) → so “saw” is a,w,k? No — a,w,k is not “saw”. “saw” would be s,a,w — which is positions 1,3,4? Not consecutive.

Problem: In word searches, usually consecutive letters.

In row4: s s a w k — if we take positions 2,3,4: s,a,w — that’s “saw”! Yes, second s, then a, then w.

So saw is available.

And “I saw her take the pencils” makes sense.

So saw

Sentence 4: Billy ______ across the river.

Past tense. Swam across river. “Swam” is in row1: s,w,a,m,l → first four letters: s,w,a,m → swam

Perfect.

Sentence 5: The cat ______ its fur.

Past tense. Cats lick fur. “Licked” is in col5: l,i,c,k,e,d → vertical, full word.

So licked

Sentence 6: Mike will ______ the dog.

After “will”, base verb. What can Mike do to the dog? Water? Hope? Tell? See?

“Water” — is “water” in grid? Row2: w,a,t,e,i — that’s “watei” — not “water”. Missing ‘r’.

“Hope” — row5: h,h,o,p,e → “hop” is h,o,p — positions 2,3,4? h(2),o(3),p(4) → yes, “hop”.

But “Mike will hop the dog”? Doesn’t make sense.

“Tell” — not in grid; we have “told”, past tense.

“See” — not in grid; we have “saw”.

“Ate” — row2: w,a,t,e,i — “ate” is a,t,e — positions 2,3,4? a(2),t(3),e(4) → yes, “ate”.

But “Mike will ate the dog”? Grammar error — after “will”, must be base form “eat”, not “ate”.

“Ate” is past tense, so cannot follow “will”.

Unless the puzzle allows past tense even after “will”? Unlikely.

Perhaps “water” is intended, even though not perfectly spelled? Or maybe I missed something.

Another idea: “Mike will call the dog”? Not in grid.

Or “Mike will feed the dog”? Not in grid.

Let’s look at sentence 7: The kangaroo will ______ the dog.

Kangaroos hop. “Hop” is in grid — row5: h,h,o,p,e → “hop” as h,o,p — positions 2,3,4.

“The kangaroo will hop the dog” — still odd. Hop over? But it says “hop the dog”.

Perhaps it’s “chase” — not in grid.

Maybe for #6 and #7, we need to use “hope” or something else.

Another thought: perhaps “water” is accepted from row2 if we ignore the last letter? But that’s stretching.

Let’s list all base form verbs that are clearly in the grid:

- cry (row3)
- hop (row5)
- was (col1, but “was” is past tense of be, not typically used after “will” — “will was” is wrong)
- ate (row2, but past tense)
- licked (col5, past tense)
- saw (row4, past tense)
- swam (row1, past tense)
- told (row6, past tense)

For sentences with “will”, we need base form, so only “cry” and “hop” are base forms available? “Cry” is already used in #2.

“Hop” is base form.

But “Mike will hop the dog” doesn't make sense.

Unless it's “Mike will hope the dog” — but “hope” what? Hope for the dog? Not idiomatic.

Perhaps “Mike will tell the dog” — but “tell” not in grid; “told” is there.

Another idea: perhaps “water” is meant to be from row2, and the 'i' is a typo or something? But unlikely.

Let’s look at sentence 8: I ______ a pie for lunch.

Past tense? Or present? “I ate a pie” — “ate” is in row2: w,a,t,e,i — “ate” is a,t,e — positions 2,3,4.

And “I ate a pie for lunch” makes sense.

So for #8, ate

Then for #6 and #7, perhaps we use “hope” and “hop”.

Sentence 6: Mike will hope the dog. — still awkward.

Perhaps “Mike will watch the dog” — not in grid.

Let’s consider that “water” might be intended, and the grid has “w a t e r” but in the image it's “w a t e i” — wait, in the user's image description, it's written as:

In the initial problem statement, the grid is given as:

s w a m l

w a t e i

a c r y c

s s a w k

h h o p e

t o l d d

So row2 is definitely "w a t e i", not "w a t e r".

But perhaps in some fonts, 'i' looks like 'r'? Unlikely.

Another possibility: "wait" — w,a,i,t — but in row2, it's w,a,t,e,i — so "wait" would require w,a,i,t — but here after a is t, then e, then i — so not consecutive for "wait".

Perhaps "tie" — not relevant.

Let’s try to assign what we can:

1. told

2. cry

3. saw

4. swam

5. licked

8. ate

That leaves 6 and 7.

Verbs left: hop, hope, was, old, etc.

For #7: The kangaroo will ______ the dog.

If we use "hop", it could be "hop over" but it's not written. Perhaps in context, "hop" is accepted.

For #6: Mike will ______ the dog.

Perhaps "hope" — "Mike will hope the dog" doesn't work.

Another idea: "Mike will call the dog" — not in grid.

Perhaps "Mike will feed the dog" — not in grid.

Let’s think differently. Maybe "water" is from col4 or something.

Col4: m,e,y,w,p,d — "mew" is m,e,w — positions 1,2,4? Not consecutive.

"yep" — not a verb for this context.

Perhaps for #6, it's "Mike will told the dog" — but grammar error.

Unless the sentence is "Mike will told" which is wrong.

Perhaps the puzzle has a mistake, or I need to use "was" for one.

Sentence 6: Mike will be the dog? Not in grid.

Let’s list all possible verbs from grid again, including less common ones.

From rows:

- swam (R1)
- ate (R2) — past tense
- cry (R3)
- saw (R4)
- hop (R5)
- told (R6)
- old (R6) — adjective
- was (C1, rows2-4) — past tense
- licked (C5)
- hope (R5: h,h,o,p,e — "hope" is h,o,p,e — positions 1,3,4,5? h(1),o(3),p(4),e(5) — not consecutive. "hop" is consecutive: positions 2,3,4: h,o,p.

"hope" requires h,o,p,e — which is not consecutive in R5; it's h,h,o,p,e — so "hope" would be letters 1,3,4,5 — not adjacent.

So probably only "hop" is intended from R5.

Similarly, "water" not available.

Perhaps for #6, it's "Mike will see the dog" — but "see" not in grid; "saw" is there.

Another thought: in sentence 3, "I ______ her take the pencils." — we used "saw", but could it be "watched"? Not in grid.

Perhaps "I let her take" — not in grid.

I think we have to go with what fits best.

For #6: Mike will hope the dog. — perhaps it's "hope for" but omitted.

Or maybe "Mike will love the dog" — not in grid.

Let’s look at sentence 7: The kangaroo will ______ the dog.

If we use "hop", and assume it means "hop over", it might be accepted.

For #6, perhaps "Mike will water the dog" and we accept "wate" as "water" despite the 'i'.

But that's not accurate.

Perhaps "Mike will feed the dog" — not in grid.

Another idea: "Mike will give the dog" — not in grid.

Let’s consider that "told" can be used in #6 if we ignore the "will", but that's grammatically incorrect.

Perhaps the sentence is "Mike will tell the dog" and "told" is a distractor, but "tell" not in grid.

I recall that in some worksheets, they might have "water" even if spelled with 'i', but let's check the image description again.

In the user's message, the grid is written as:

s w a m l

w a t e i

a c r y c

s s a w k

h h o p e

t o l d d

So row2 is "w a t e i" — perhaps it's "w a t e r" and the 'i' is a typo in text representation? In many fonts, 'r' and 'i' can be confused, but in standard, it's 'i'.

Perhaps "wait" is intended, but "wait the dog" doesn't make sense.

Let’s try to search online or think of common verbs.

Perhaps for #6, it's "Mike will play with the dog" — not in grid.

Another approach: perhaps "hope" for #6 and "hop" for #7.

Sentence 6: Mike will hope the dog. — still bad.

Sentence 7: The kangaroo will hop the dog. — also bad.

Unless for #7, it's "The kangaroo will chase the dog" — not in grid.

Perhaps "The kangaroo will kick the dog" — "kick" not in grid; "licked" is there, but past tense.

"Kick" would be k,i,c,k — not in grid.

Col4 has "m,e,y,w,p,d" — "yip" not there.

I think I found a solution.

For sentence 6: Mike will water the dog. — and in the grid, row2 is "w a t e i", but perhaps it's "w a t e r" and the 'i' is a mistake in my reading. In the original image, it might be 'r'. Since this is a common verb, and "water the dog" means give water to drink, it makes sense.

Similarly, for sentence 7: The kangaroo will hop the dog. — perhaps it's "hop over", but in context, maybe "hop" is used as "jump on" or something, but unlikely.

Another possibility: "The kangaroo will see the dog" — but "see" not in grid.

Let’s use "was" for one.

Sentence 6: Mike will was the dog — grammar error.

Perhaps for #8, "I have a pie" — not in grid.

I recall that in the grid, col3: a,t,r,a,o,l — "tar" , "rat", "oral" — not helpful.

Col2: w,a,c,s,h,o — "wash" — w,a,s,h — positions 1,2,4,5? w(1),a(2),c(3),s(4),h(5),o(6) — so "wash" would be w,a,s,h — positions 1,2,4,5 — not consecutive.

"cash" — c,a,s,h — positions 3,2,4,5 — not consecutive.

So probably not.

Let’s decide based on best fit.

For #6: Mike will hope the dog. — perhaps it's "hope for" but omitted, or in some contexts, "hope" can mean wish, but "hope the dog" is incomplete.

Perhaps "Mike will love the dog" — not in grid.

Another idea: "Mike will keep the dog" — not in grid.

Perhaps "Mike will take the dog" — "take" not in grid; "told" is there.

I think the intended answer for #6 is "water", assuming row2 is "w a t e r" despite the 'i' in text.

For #7, "hop" .

For #8, "ate".

So let's go with that.

Final assignment:

1. told

2. cry

3. saw

4. swam

5. licked

6. water (assuming row2 is "water")

7. hop

8. ate

And for #6, "water the dog" means provide water to the dog, which is reasonable.

For #7, "hop the dog" might be a stretch, but perhaps in the context of the worksheet, it's accepted, or maybe it's "hop over" implied.

Perhaps "The kangaroo will jump the dog" — not in grid.

I think we have to box the answers as per best fit.

So:

1. told

2. cry

3. saw

4. swam

5. licked

6. water

7. hop

8. ate

And for #6, even though "water" is not perfectly in the grid, it's the only logical choice.

Perhaps "Mike will feed the dog" — not in grid.

Another thought: in row6, "t o l d d" — "told" is there, but also "old", and "doll" — not verbs.

I think it's settled.

Final Answer:

1. told
2. cry
3. saw
4. swam
5. licked
6. water
7. hop
8. ate