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Verbs
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Verbs
Worksheets - Printable teaching verbs worksheets.
Procedure
Teachers
-- write these sentences on the board, and
then have the students try to figure out the
action words.
Definition:
A verb is an action word. A verb tells what
the subject does, is, or what happens to it.
(Ask: what is subject doing? Answer: a verb.)
Example
1
"Kayla smiled at the teacher."
smiled - tells what the subject (Kayla) did
Example
2
"Sam listens to the teacher."
listens - tells what subject (Sam) is doing.
Example
3
"Maria was lost in the woods."
was lost - tells what happens to subject (Maria).
Teachers
-- to reinforce understanding of basic verb
identification, have students write their
own sentences on the board and pick out the
noun (previous lessons) and verb in each sentence.
Many sentences have more than one verb. Can
you find three verbs in this sentence?
"Kyle
runs with the football and shouts to his teammates
while he plays outside."
Helping
Verbs
Some
words help express action. These are called
helping verbs:
is swimming have brought was running was going
does ride will throw had broken has carried
Teachers -- these are verbs that are difficult
to identify and correctly use. Tell students
to pay special attention to these types of
verbs.
Verb
Tense
Present Tense: verb shows what is happening
now.
Ex. Trina reads a book.
Past Tense: a verb showing that something
already happened.
Ex. Trina read a book.
Example
of present tense verbs:
Today I dance.
Jessica dances with Kent.
Jessica dances with me.
We all dance together.
Example
of past tense verbs: (change from present
to past by adding -ed:)
Yesterday I danced.
Kent danced with Jessica.
Jessica danced with me.
We all danced together.
Changing
verbs from present to past - (verbs that don't
add -ed):
verbs
in the present
I run, we run
he comes
I come, you come
she does
I do, they do
I go, you go
he goes
I give, you give
he gives
verbs in the past
I ran, you ran
he came
I came, you came
she did
I did, they did
I went, you went
he went
I gave, you gave
he gave
Verbs
be and have:
be
present |
past |
I
am |
I
was |
he,
she, it is |
he,
she, it was |
you,
we are |
you,
we were |
have
present |
past |
I
have |
I
had |
he,
she, it has |
he,
she, it had |
you,
we have |
you,
we had |
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