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Action Verbs
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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Action Words
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
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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Helping Verbs: Grammar for ESL/ELL
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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Action Verb Practice Test
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 20 multiple choice questions regarding action verbs. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Present Tense Verbs
In this recognizing present tense verbs in sentences learning exercise, students choose the correct action verbs, that agree with the subjects, to complete sentences. Students write 15 short answers.
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Verbs: English Grammar
In this recognizing action verbs activity, students read sentences and then identify and circle the action verbs. Students circle nine action verbs.
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Can you write?
In this ESL worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle using action verbs. Illustrations are included for six clues needed to complete the puzzle.
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Can - for Ability
You can do it! Practice action verbs and using can for ability with a series of activities designed for English learners. Kids jump, stomp, and turn as they discuss the things they can and can't do.
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Using a Computer to Write a Letter: Verbs
Review the procedure of using a word processor to write a letter. Writers read 20 sentences that are each missing one action verb. They use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences.
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ESL: Action Verbs: Using Hands
In this ESL action verbs worksheet, students match verbs to pictures and fill in blanks in sentences with verbs that describe something done with hands.
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Action Verbs
In this grammar worksheet, students determine which action verb completes nine sentences grammatically correct. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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What We Do in Sports
Jump! Shoot! Throw! Language learners use sports action words to complete a crossword and a word search puzzle. An answer sheet is provided.
ESL Kid Stuff
Actions - Present Continuous
What are you doing? Why, studying the present continuous tense, of course. Language learners engage in activities and exercises that provide them with practice crafting and answering questions using the present continuous tense.
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Verbs of Action
In this ESL verbs of actions worksheet, students will analyze the activities pictured. Students will choose the correct verb that is depicted in each of the ten photographs.
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Verbs
In this recognizing action verbs worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and verb tense clues, select a multiple choice verb and use it to complete the sentences. Students complete five sentences.
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Actions
In this action words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict an action. From 4 choices, students select the word that best describes the action. This is intended for ESL use.
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Action
In this ESL verb activity, students will focus on action verbs. Students will complete 10 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology and vocabulary from the secondary column.
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Word Scramble: Actions
In this ESL word scramble activity instructional activity, learners practice their problem solving skills as they unscramble 12 action words.
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Actions in Progress
English language learners will find this practice particularly helpful. They match the sentences to their visual depiction. In the second exercise, they fill in the missing words. They use the sentences in the first activity to discover...
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Action Verbs
In this recognizing action verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks with present and past tense verbs from a list to compete sentences. Students finish five sentences.
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ESL Action Verbs Matching Worksheet
In this ESL action verb matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a person performing an action to the sentence that names it. They complete 5 examples.
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That’s Amazing!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 3)
That's Amazing! is the theme of an English language development unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Following a speak, look, move, and listen routine, scholars delve into topics; seasons, weather, animals, landforms, telling time,...
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Exercise 17: Future Tense
The future perfect progressive tense is tricky! It's almost a tongue-twister in itself. Discuss when this tense is used with your learners, and then study the two examples provided. Eleven sentences are included; your learner must...