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Action Verbs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As you are teaching the parts of speech, introduce your action verbs lesson with this helpful PowerPoint. The 19 slides in this presentation walk students through the different types of action verbs, including: present, past, and future...
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Meet Your Neighbor: Action Verbs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Get your kids moving on the first day of school! This action verb activity doesn't have to be used as an ice breaker, but it sure will work as one. Simply place pairs of cards face-side down on the carpet, each with an action verb...
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State of Being Verbs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Have your class engage in this excellent language arts presentation on verbs. The focus is on the differences between action verbs and state of being verbs. Students choose the state of being verbs on one slide, and move on when they are...
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Linking Verb or Action Verb?

For Students 5th - 7th
Part of exploring parts of speech is being able to distinguish between linking verbs and action verbs. One implies a stat of being, and one expresses an action. After reviewing the definition briefly, provide your middle schoolers with...
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Innovative Mobile Apps

Action Words

For Students Pre-K - 8th
From asking to yelling, this app teaches action verbs through images. Users listen to each word and tap the picture that corresponds with that verb. Just touch the screen to get started!
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Non-Action Verbs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A verb is something you do — but can you always see the action? Use a slideshow presentation to clarify the differences between verbs that describe actions, and verbs that describe senses, preferences, and emotions.
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Action Verbs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders perform various tasks by identifying the action word with teacher. They demonstrate each of the correct critical elements of loco motor, non-manipulative, and manipulative skills.
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The Verb

For Students 6th - 8th
How are linking verbs and action verbs different? First, study the definitions and examples of each (at the top of the first page). Then, assess the comprehension skills of your class by having them complete the 20-question practice...
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EngageNY

Writing to Show, Not Tell: Dialogue, Sensory Words, and Strong Action Verbs

For Teachers 6th Standards
Consume, gobble, devour ... serving up strong verbs! Writers focus on using dialogue, strong action verbs, and sensory details in their writing. After analyzing a model narrative, they apply their learning to their own hero's journey...
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Action Verb Lesson

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with action verbs through the reading of To Root, To Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?  In this action word lesson, 2nd graders analyze sentences for the action verb. Students watch a video and complete a...
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Action Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
In this action verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the action verbs given to them. Students complete 18 sentences.
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Help! Action Verbs and Their Helpers

For Students 5th - 7th
For this grammar worksheet, students learn about using action verbs and their helpers in sentence writing. They then answer the 6 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Action Verbs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing correct usage of action words in sentences learning exercise, students read sentences and identify the sentences that use the correct subject verb agreement. Students identify 10 answers.
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Verb Issues I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
See the variety of verbs spelled out in these slides. From infinitives to intransitives, each verb is defined and shown with examples. Relationships of verbs to other parts of a sentence are clearly explained. This complex subject is...
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Various 98--Action Verbs in Sentences Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sentence completion quiz, students choose the appropriate action verb to use in the ten given sentences. This is an interactive, multiple choice worksheet.
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What is a Verb?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Verbs are the most exciting words because they describe action. Kids can get excited about verbs too! Once they are provided with a solid description of what they are, how they are used, and what they look like in sentences, verbs will...
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Verbs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Help your learners make their writing more meaningful and lively. They review the ways verbs are used in a sentence, describe passive and active types, and discuss techniques for improving their writing. This resource could be a...
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Aim: Can I Identify and Use Imperative Verbs?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Different types of verbs are presented in this PowerPoint. Learners discover that imperative verbs are often used when writing instructions. For example: "First, fold the card in half, then cut a small slit," is a sentence that uses two...
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Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Use this engaging and educationally sound presentation to coach your charges on how to identify, and use verbs. This PowerPoint drives home the point that verbs tell what someone, or something, is doing! Colorful photos and graphics...
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Language Arts: Bringing Verbs to Life

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners create action words collections to use in their own writing projects. After listening to several books, they select action verbs to dramatize and take digital photographs of their acting. Once the photos are printed, they...
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Helping Verbs: Grammar for ESL/ELL

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
English language learners act out verbs, discuss their importance in constructing grammatically correct sentences, and then learn about helping verbs. They use helping verbs in a sentence then discuss how they are different from action...
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The Word Factory

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Here is a clever way to help your 3rd and 4th graders add -ing to verbs. A list of 10 action verbs is given, and learners must adjust the spelling of each verb to accept the -ing ending. This would be an excellent choice for a homework...
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Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
Ready, set, action words! It's all about verbs as scholars examine 12 words and write down the six that are action words. They use the six words to complete six sentence frames, each accompanied by an image to assist grammarians in the...
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Verbos: Verbos de acción y verbos conectores

For Students 6th - 9th
Have your Spanish language learners brainstorm a list of action verbs and another list of auxiliary/ linking verbs. Depending on your class, you might want to provide a list of verbs for them to organize into these categories.