Worksheet: Learning Action Verbs
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Instructions Recap:
1. Identify the action verb in each set of words.
2. Circle the action verb in each sentence.
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Part 1: Identify the Action Verb in Each Set of Words
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Guidelines:
- An action verb describes an action that someone or something can perform.
- Ask yourself: "Can someone or something do this?"
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Solutions:
1.
bush, table, cheer
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Action verb: cheer (Someone can cheer.)
2.
sing, pencil, chair
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Action verb: sing (Someone can sing.)
3.
big, hopped, brown
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Action verb: hopped (Someone can hop.)
4.
cup, jar, laugh
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Action verb: laugh (Someone can laugh.)
5.
short, beautiful, smile
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Action verb: smile (Someone can smile.)
6.
count, bored, yellow
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Action verb: count (Someone can count.)
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Part 2: Circle the Action Verb in Each Sentence
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Guidelines:
- Identify the verb in the sentence that describes an action being performed by the subject.
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Solutions:
7.
The bell rang loudly.
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Action verb: rang (The bell is performing the action of ringing.)
8.
She sat quietly with her hands in her lap.
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Action verb: sat (She is performing the action of sitting.)
9.
Tommy and Layla ran swiftly across the field.
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Action verb: ran (Tommy and Layla are performing the action of running.)
10.
Sharpen the pencils after school please.
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Action verb: Sharpen (This is an imperative sentence where the action to be performed is sharpening.)
11.
Sam pushed in his chair.
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Action verb: pushed (Sam is performing the action of pushing.)
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Final Answers:
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Part 1:
1. cheer
2. sing
3. hopped
4. laugh
5. smile
6. count
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Part 2:
7. rang
8. sat
9. ran
10. Sharpen
11. pushed
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Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{
\text{1. cheer, 2. sing, 3. hopped, 4. laugh, 5. smile, 6. count, 7. rang, 8. sat, 9. ran, 10. Sharpen, 11. pushed}
}
\]
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