Action Verbs

Introduce your English language learners to one of the most widely used auxiliary verbs: to have. They practice using auxiliary verbs in question form by completing the 12 sentences provided, some of which are in the negative. 

This learning exercise provides extensive experience with the past tense of the verbs begin, drink, ring, sink, sing, and swim. Your young grammarians write the past tense form of each one, use the past tense of each verb in a complete...

Work with wonderful words within a well-written activity! Kids match alliterative verbs to fifteen names in order to get alliterative phrases.  

Here is a straightforward worksheet that provides practice with irregular verbs. First, learners write the past tense form of 10 irregular verbs next to the given present tense form. Then they use the verbs from that list to complete six...

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...

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.

This short, but effective, presentation shows young writers how to identify and properly use verbs in their writing. After viewing some examples, learners are invited to select verbs of their own to complete sentences which are missing a...

It's no secret that the English language doesn't always follow clear sets of rules. Help your class adapt to these inconsistencies with this collection of grammar worksheets that teaches children the past tense form of many common...

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...

Here is a basic online interactive practice page for 10 common irregular verbs. Learners find the present tense forms in a word search, conjugate them in the past and past participle, and fill in the blanks with the correct past tense...