This document provides exercises to help students identify action verbs and distinguish them from nouns. In part A, students match action words with their root words. Part B has students circle the action verb in each sentence. Part C requires students to write "verb" or "noun" next to words based on their part of speech. The final part asks students to write a sentence using an action verb to describe pictures.

1. Name: Date:
Verbs – Root words
A) Read each set of words. Write the action word and the original word.
Action word Original word
1. Sarah sings a song.
2. His father paid the cashier.
3. We watch television together.
4. Children read every day at school.
5. Nancy baked an apple pie.
6. John and Tim counted the money.
7. Her family flew to London last spring.
8. Javier washed the dishes this morning.
9. The king’s horses ate already.
10. Carol brushed her hair with long strokes.
11. The cat slept all afternoon in the sun.
12. We wrote our names at the top of the paper.
13. The alligator attacked the boy.
14. Ronaldo passes the ball to Messi.
15. Cows eat grass.
16. The frog jumped in the pond.
17. Eugene went to the Legoland last week.
18. Lik Pin finds a green crayon.
19. Mary is playing in the playground.
20. Dolphins live in pods.

2. Name: Date:
Action Verbs
An action verb is a word that shows what someone or something is doing.
Examples: Mary sleeps on the couch.
Jason's best friend thinks of a plan.
Ken and his mother cook dinner.
B) Circle the action verb in each sentence below.
1. Sal listens to his favourite song.
2. Craig hits the baseball over the fence.
3. The little girl runs towards the car.
4. The roof of the house leaks.
5. The hunter searches for a deer.
6. Henry shouted loudly when he saw the accident.
7. The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully.
8. Amanda danced gracefully on the stage last night.
9. Adam reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
10. Mrs. Zaynab buys a roll of paper towels at the store.
11. Yosef solves the mystery.
12. Zayn finds a purple crayon.
13. My sister cried when our cats died.
14. We never watch television before finishing our homework.

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C) Tell whether each word is an action verb or noun. Write the words verb next to each action verb.
Write the word noun next to each noun.
1. swim __________________
2. think __________________
3. clock __________________
4. sneeze __________________
5. tooth __________________
6. drive __________________
7. basketball __________________
8. play __________________
9. relax __________________
10. game __________________
11. write __________________
12. kitchen __________________
D) Write a sentence with an action verb to describe each picture.

4. Name: Date:
Answers:
A)
Action word Original word
1 sings sing
2 paid pay
3 watch watch
4 read Read
5 baked bake
6 counted count
7 flew fly
8 washed wash
9 ate eat
10 brushed brush
11 slept sleep
12 wrote write
13 attacked attack
14 passes pass
15 eat eat
16 jumped jump
17 went go
18 finds find
19 playing play
20 live live

5. Name: Date:
B)
1. Sal listens to his favourite song.
2. Craig hits the baseball over the fence.
3. The little girl runs towards the car.
4. The roof of the house leaks.
5. The hunter searches for a deer.
6. Henry shouted loudly when he saw the accident.
7. The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully.
8. Amanda danced gracefully on the stage last night.
9. Adam reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
10. Mrs. Zaynab buys a roll of paper towels at the store.
11. Yosef solves the mystery.
12. Zayn finds a purple crayon.
13. My sister cried when our cats died.
14. We never watch television before finishing our homework.
C)
1. swim ____verb______________
2. think ____verb______________
3. clock ____noun______________
4. sneeze ____verb______________
5. tooth ____noun______________
6. drive ____verb______________
7. basketball ____noun______________
8. play ____verb______________
9. relax ____verb______________
10. game ____noun______________
11. write ____verb______________
12. kitchen ____noun______________