Action Verbs
Objective:
•Students will identify
and use action verbs
when writing sentences
and poetry.
Name the complete
predicate.
•1. Julia plays the
drums.
•2. Carlos blows on the
trumpet.
Rules of Action Verbs
•An action verb is a
word that shows action.
It tells what the subject
of a sentence does or
did.
Name the action verb in
each sentence.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
Our class played a song.
Caroline blew the whistle.
Sam banged a gong.
Noah rang the bell.
Ali struck the cymbal.
Replace the underlined verb with a
new action verb.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
Our class played a song.
Caroline blew the whistle.
Sam banged a gong.
Noah rang the bell.
Ali struck the cymbal.
Write as many different
verbs as possible.
•1. Maria ______her
crayons.
•2. Julian ______ his
science project.
•3. Ellen ______ her
paragraphs well.
Pull a Verb Activity (if you
didn’t do this on Day 1)
• Students will pull a verb from the
bag and act out that verb.
• The audience will try to guess the
action verb being performed.
Top Ten Verbs
• Think of as many different
strong verbs as you can.
Make a list of the ones you
think are super! We will
create a Top Ten with the
words you have suggested for
the 5th grade.
Verb Poem
• Mrs. Brown
• Listens,
• Instructs,
• Assists,
• Grades,
• Monitors,
• And cares.
Your turn:
• 1. Choose a person who is important
to you.
• 2. Lists things they do-make sure
they are actions you can see.
• 3. Create an action verb poem about
your chosen person.
• 4. Write your poem on the card I
give you.
Agenda
• Homework: Animal Alliteration
• 1. An aardvark asked an ant for his
address.