<p>Name: ______Due 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.</p><p>Circle the action verb in each sentence below.</p><p>1. Sal listens to his favorite song.</p><p>2. Craig hits the baseball over the fence.</p><p>3. The little pig grunts.</p><p>4. The roof of the house leaks.</p><p>5. The hunter searches for a deer.</p><p>6. Dr. Gold examines his patient.</p><p>7. The bluebird in the tree sings beautifully.</p><p>8. The football team dashes out of the locker room.</p><p>9. Paul reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.</p><p>10. Mrs. Gray buys a roll of paper towels at the store.</p><p>11. Judy solves the mystery.</p><p>12. Harold finds a purple crayon. Action Verbs Tell whether each word is an action verb or noun. Write the words action verb next to each action verb. Write the word noun next to each noun.</p><p>13. swims ______</p><p>14. thinks ______</p><p>15. sneezes ______</p><p>16. clock ______</p><p>17. tooth ______</p><p>18. drives ______</p><p>19. takes ______</p><p>20. basketball ______</p><p>21. plays ______</p><p>22. relaxes ______</p><p>23. grass ______</p><p>24. game ______</p><p>25. writes ______Name______Due Date:______Action Verbs An action verb is a word that shows what someone or something is doing. It is found in the predicate of a sentence.</p><p>Draw a line under the predicate of each sentence. Then, write the action verb on the line.</p><p>1. The rocket blasts into the sky. ______</p><p>2. The big, black bear growled. ______</p><p>3. The baby crawls across the floor. ______</p><p>4. The picture hung on the wall. ______</p><p>5. I searched for my missing sock. ______</p><p>6. Carlita's brother grilled a steak. ______</p><p>7. Ken clicked the computer mouse. ______</p><p>8. Dr. Kip examines his patient. ______</p><p>9. My red shirt shrunk in the wash. ______</p><p>10. Mother hides the cookies. ______</p><p>11. Seven fish swim in the aquarium. ______</p><p>12. Amanda washes her car. ______Action Verbs An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing. examples: run, talk, skip, sleep, jump, hop, snore, go, sleep</p><p>James walked to the store.</p><p>Walked is the action verb because it tells what James was doing.</p><p>Circle the action verb in each sentence.</p><p>1. James found a box of toys.</p><p>2. My cell phone rang.</p><p>3. I chopped down the old pear tree.</p><p>4. Callie dashed off to school.</p><p>5. Megan finds a dime between the couch cushions.</p><p>6. The youngest child cried loudly.</p><p>7. Carlton squeezed the oranges into the bowl.</p><p>8. She stopped her bicycle on the sidewalk.</p><p>9. The dog eats her food.</p><p>10. Chloe bought a lovely necklace for her mother.</p><p>11. Alex's basketball bounced off the garage door.</p><p>12. Ava poured a glass of milk for his brother.</p><p>13. Ryan usually arrives on time.</p><p>14. We all sang songs around the campfire.</p><p>15. The fastest runner on our team tripped on his shoelace. Name______Due Date:______Action Verbs An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing. example: Matt ran to the store.</p><p>Ran is the action verb because it tells what Matt was doing.</p><p>Read each set of words. Determine which word is the action verb and write it on the line.</p><p>1. big house jumped tree ______</p><p>2. table blanket see yellow ______</p><p>3. jog apple marker sink ______</p><p>4. letter drink kind potato ______</p><p>5. sun write chair baby ______</p><p>6. box food rang lamp ______</p><p>7. dug dog cat mouse ______</p><p>8. tool fork shirt climbs ______</p>