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Action Verbs

An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing.

examples: Matt ran to the store.

Ran is the action verb because it tells what
Matt was doing.

Read each set of words. Determine which word is the action verb and write it on the line.

1. big house jumped tree ____________________________

2. table blanket see yellow ____________________________

3. jog apple marker pear ____________________________

4. letter drink kind potato ____________________________

5. sun write chair baby ____________________________

6. box food rang lamp ____________________________

7. dug dog cat mouse ____________________________

8. tool fork shirt climbs ____________________________

9. hand sunk pail towel ____________________________

10. kitten mixed paper egg ____________________________

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Action Verbs

An action verb tells what the subject of the sentence is doing.

examples: Matt ran to the store.

Ran is the action verb because it tells what
Matt was doing.

Read each set of words. Determine which word is the action verb and write it on the line.

1. big house jumped tree jumped

____________________________

2. table blanket see yellow see

____________________________

3. jog apple marker pear jog

____________________________

4. letter drink kind potato drink

____________________________

5. sun write chair baby write

____________________________

6. box food rang lamp rang

____________________________

7. dug dog cat mouse dug

____________________________

8. tool fork shirt climbs climbs

____________________________

9. hand sunk pail towel sunk

____________________________

10. kitten mixed paper egg mixed

____________________________

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