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Parts of Speech: Verbs

Verbs are ACTION words or BEING words.

November 12, 2023

Verbs are one of the parts of speech. Parts of speech are kinds of words. Just like we use different kinds of Legos to make things, we use different kinds of words to make sentences and say what we mean.

A verb is an action word or a being word. In this video, Teacher Rachel explains what verbs do and gives some examples.

Can you make a list of 10 verbs? Remember, verbs are action words or being words.

For more practice, complete the exercises about verbs below.

For more practice, complete the exercises below.

Exercise A: Which words are verbs? Pick the verb from the three choices.

1. horse, jump, brown

2. girl, tall, see

3. feel, ocean, large

4. TV, angry, sleep

5. bread, study, excited

6. are, scary, moon

7. rain, the, am

8. think, teacher, nice

9. swim, bad, plane

10. is, yummy, they

 

Exercise B: Pick the correct verb to complete the sentence.

1. My dad ______ a fire fighter.

a. is b. are c. he

2. She ______ all the cake!

a. chocolate b. like c. ate

3. He ______ every day at 7:00 am.

a. sleep b. wakes up c. cereal

4. Don't ______ the dog cookies!

a. feeds b. sleep c. feed

5. I ______ 8 years old.

a. is b. are c. am

6. The horse ______ over the fence and ______ away!

a. black/eats b. jumped/ran c. farm/tail

7. I don't ______ airplanes.

a. seat b. big c. like

8. I ______ tired.

a. sleepy b. feel c. sleeps

9. They ______ nice.

a. is b. seems c. seem

10. The ice cream ______ delicious!

a. taste b. tastes c. feels

 

Answers

Exercise A:  

1. horse, jump, brown

2. girl, tall, see

3. feel, ocean, large

4. TV, angry, sleep

5. bread, study, excited

6. are, scary, moon

7. rain, the, am

8. think, teacher, nice

9. swim, bad, plane

10. is, yummy, they

Exercise B:

1. My dad ______ a fire fighter.

a. is b. are c. he

2. She ______ all the cake!

a. chocolate b. like c. ate

3. He ______ every day at 7:00 am.

a. sleep b. wakes up c. cereal

4. Don't ______ the dog cookies!

a. feeds b. sleep c. feed

5. I ______ 8 years old.

a. is b. are c. am

6. The horse ______ over the fence and ______ away!

a. black/eats b. jumped/ran c. farm/tail

7. I don't ______ airplanes.

a. seat b. big c. like

8. I ______ tired.

a. sleepy b. feel c. sleeps

9. They ______ nice.

a. is b. seems c. seem

10. The ice cream ______ delicious!

a. taste b. tastes c. feels

 

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