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Quiet On The Set... Take 1...Action!!
Students complete an activity with the book Step by Step by Bruce McMillan. In this verb lesson, students create a list of action verbs from this book and more to use in their own writings. They will create stick puppets to act out the...
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The Word Factory
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
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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Action Verb Examples
In this action verbs practice activity, students examine a list of 18 action verbs and then write those verbs beneath the appropriate pictures.
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Action Verb Examples 2
In this action verbs practice worksheet, students examine a list of 18 action verbs and then write those verbs beneath the appropriate pictures.
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Action Verbs
In this action verbs instructional activity, students look at a list of 4 words and circle the action verb and cross out the other words. Students complete 14 problems.
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Lights, Camera, Action Verbs
Third graders visualize what verbs are by assigning students to take pictures of action verbs. It may be used for all the parts of written language.
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Theater Lesson: Modify My Action
Young scholars engage in a instructional activity that is about the meaning of a verb or adverb. They perform sketches with the subject matter of the words. The goal is for the actors to show the meaning of the verb or adverb with an...
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Action Verbs 2
In this identifying action verb usage worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues and choose from multiple choice answers to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Student choose five verbs.
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Vivid Verbs in Writing
Eighth graders explore how to incorporate vivid verbs in their writing. They review action verbs in sentences and view a Power Point presentation discussing possible verbs and their meanings. They view a website and retell a Greek myth...
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Jack Be Nimble
Students recite the poem "Jack Be Nimble". In this poetry lesson, students read the poem and discuss other action words to use instead of jump. They rewrite the poem using their own name and a new action word.
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Structured Diamante Poem
Youngsters review nouns, adjectives and verbs. In this poetry lesson, readers choose a set of antonyms and create a list of synonyms, verbs and adjective for each. Students use the words to write a Diamante poem.
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Verbs
In this action verbs learning exercise, students examine a group of words and underline all of the action verbs they find. Students also fill in the blank in 17 sentences with appropriate action verbs and write sentences featuring the 18...
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Verbs: Doing Words
In this action verbs review worksheet, learners identify the verbs in 10 sentences and then complete a chart by recording 16 action verbs for the 8 professionals listed.
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Where Are The Verbs?
In this grammar worksheet, students search for action verbs in a word search and write them on the lines provided. Students are timed for 3 minutes to do this.
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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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Verbs
For this verbs worksheet, students underline the action verb in 5 sentences, write 3 nouns in a complete sentence and circle the multiple choice answer in 5 sentences that tells whether a sentence is happening in the past, present or...
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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 verb worksheet, students complete sentences, choosing a verb from a list of 3 given at the end of each sentence.
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Parts of Speech--Verbs
Verbs are the focus of this language arts instructional activity. Students underline the verbs, or verb phrases, in 7 sentences, then make 2 original sentences with verbs in them. A good instructional activity!
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Verb SOS!--Using Helping Verbs
In this helping verbs instructional activity, students fill in 7 blanks covering the rules of how to use helping verbs correctly in sentences. Students underline the main verb in 8 sentences and write the helping verb on the lines...
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Vivid Verbs
Fifth graders review action verbs by brainstorming a list of them as a class. Using magazines, they pick one picture and use a dictionary or thesaurus to identify verbs that describe the action taking place. Using the new verbs, they...
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ESL Actions- Matching Worksheet
In this ESL actions/verbs matching worksheet, students match 10 words to the picture that shows the action. They see words such as walk, dance, swim, and play.
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Introduce Vocabulary: In the Small, Small Pond (Fleming)
Explore pond life and action words through Denise Fleming's In the Small, Small Pond, which you can find online if you don't have it on hand. Learners explore the following verbs: doze, hover, plunge, scatter, swoop, and wade. Go over...