An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.
Examples of action verbs: skip , smell ,  love , think
1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.
2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.
3) John reads a chapter in his book
4) Children believe in fairies and unicorns.
5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.
An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or mental action.
Examples of action verbs: skip , smell ,  love , think
1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.
2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.
3) John reads a chapter in his book
4) Children believe in fairies and unicorns.
5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.
AFFIRMATIVE
2) Jenny doesn’t want a horse for her birthday.
3) John doesn’t read a chapter in his book
4) Children don’t believe in fairies and unicorns.
5) The café doesn’t open at 7:30 AM.
NEGATIVE
1) Sam and Eric  don’t ride the bus to school.
1) They don’t ride the bus to school.
2) She doesn’t want a horse for her birthday.
3) He doesn’t read a chapter in his book
4) They don’t believe in fairies and unicorns.
5) It doesn’t open at 7:30 AM.
PRONOUN
Plural subject –      DO
Singular subject –        DOES
I / we / you / they – do
he / she / it - does
An action verb is a verb that expresses physical or 
mental action.
Examples of action verbs: skip , smell ,  love , think
1) Sam and Eric ride the bus to school.
2) Jenny wants a horse for her birthday.
3) John reads a chapter in his book
4) Children  believe in fairies and unicorns.
5) The café opens at 7:30 AM.
Plural subject –      DO
I / we / you / they
• Do Sam and Eric ride the bus to school?
•  Do children believe in fairies and 
unicorns?
Singular subject –        DOES
he / she / it
• Does Jenny want a horse?
•  Does John read a chapter in his book?
•  Does the café open at 7:30AM?
Yes, they do.  / No they don’t. 
Yes, he / she / it  does.  / No, he / she / 
it doesn’t. 
DO and 
DOES
are 
HELPING 
VERBS
DO / DOES +  BASE FORM ( verb)
A
C
T
I
O
N
V
E
R
B
•  Do Sam and Eric ride the bus to 
school?
•  Do children believe in fairies and 
unicorns?
•  Do Sam and Eric ride the bus to 
school?
•  Do children believe in fairies and 
unicorns?
•  Don’t  Sam and Eric ride the bus to 
school?
•  Don’t  children believe in fairies and 
unicorns?
•  Don’t  Sam and Eric ride the bus to 
school?
•  Don’t  children believe in fairies and 
unicorns?
AFFIRMATIVE
QUESTION
NEGATIVE
QUESTION
• Doesn’t  Jenny want a horse?
•  Doesn’t  John read a chapter in his book?
•  Doesn’t  the café open at 7:30AM?
• Doesn’t  Jenny want a horse?
•  Doesn’t  John read a chapter in his book?
•  Doesn’t  the café open at 7:30AM?
• Does Jenny want a horse?
•  Does John read a chapter in his book?
•  Does the café open at 7:30AM?
• Does Jenny want a horse?
•  Does John read a chapter in his book?
•  Does the café open at 7:30AM?
DO / DOES +  BASE FORM ( verb)
Choose three from the following verbs and use
them in sentences. Make sure to write affirmative,
negative and question sentences.
Dig
Blow
Build
Feed
Send
Feel
Drop
Draw
Drive
Throw
Wear
Write
Ride
Create
Give
WORDS TO REMEMBER:
Affirmative
Positive
Negative
question
Period
Question mark
Action verb
Helping verb ( auxiliary)
Pronoun
WORDS TO REMEMBER:
Affirmative
Positive
Negative
question
Period
Question mark
Action verb
Helping verb ( auxiliary)
Pronoun

Action Verbs ( Present)