Find a Verb Worksheet - Free Printable

You're given a worksheet titled “Find a Verb”, with instructions to “Colour the lollies with the verbs”.

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✔ Step 1: Understand what a verb is

A verb is a word that describes an action, state, or occurrence. Examples: *run*, *jump*, *sit*, *swim* — these are all things you *do*.

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✔ Step 2: Go through each lolly and identify which words are verbs

Here’s the list of words on the lollies:

- bag → noun (a thing)
- jump → ✔ VERB (action)
- cat → noun (animal)
- ten → number (adjective/numeral)
- hop → ✔ VERB (action)
- skip → ✔ VERB (action)
- sit → ✔ VERB (action)
- cut → ✔ VERB (action)
- pin → can be noun or verb — here likely noun (e.g., safety pin), but sometimes verb (“to pin something”) — we’ll consider it ambiguous, but in early education, often treated as noun
- run → ✔ VERB (action)
- swim → ✔ VERB (action)
- clap → ✔ VERB (action)
- lip → noun (part of body)
- dig → ✔ VERB (action)
- ant → noun (insect)

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✔ Step 3: Final List of Verbs to Colour

Based on standard early English education, the clear verbs are:

> jump, hop, skip, sit, cut, run, swim, clap, dig

*(Note: “pin” can be a verb, but since this is for young learners and “pin” is more commonly taught as a noun first, we’ll exclude it unless specified otherwise.)*

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🎨 Solution: Colour these lollies:

- jump
- hop
- skip
- sit
- cut
- run
- swim
- clap
- dig

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💡 Teaching Tip:

This activity helps children recognize action words (verbs) among other parts of speech like nouns and numbers. It builds foundational grammar skills in a fun, visual way!

✔ Final Answer: Colour the lollies with these words: jump, hop, skip, sit, cut, run, swim, clap, dig.