Get your kids moving on the first day of school! This action verb activity doesn't have to be used as an ice breaker, but it sure will work as one. Simply place pairs of cards face-side down on the carpet, each with an action verb...

Second graders become familiar with action verbs through the reading of To Root, To Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?  In this action word instructional activity, 2nd graders analyze sentences for the action verb. Students watch a...

What are you doing? Why, studying the present continuous tense, of course. Language learners engage in activities and exercises that provide them with practice crafting and answering questions using the present continuous tense.

In this recognizing action verbs learning exercise, students read incomplete sentences for context and verb tense clues, select a multiple choice verb and use it to complete the sentences. Students complete five sentences.

Young scholars discover the importance of matching verbs to their subjects through a discussion of a whimsical video on verb agreement and a read aloud of the book, "To Root, To Toot To Parachute". They practice verb agreement in...

Students complete verb worksheets. In this verb lesson plan, students complete two worksheets to help them identify and then use action verbs.

Eighth graders explore how to incorporate vivid verbs in their writing. They review action verbs in sentences and view a Power Point presentation discussing possible verbs and their meanings. They view a website and retell a Greek myth...

Students recite the poem "Jack Be Nimble". In this poetry lesson, students read the poem and discuss other action words to use instead of jump. They rewrite the poem using their own name and a new action word. 

What are you doing today? What have you done this week? What will you be doing next month? Focus on verb usage with a series of fill-in-the-black exercises on basic tenses, inappropriate shifts in tense, and active and passive voice.

Students discover that a verb is a word that expresses an action. Students at this age might find it more accessible to use everyday terminology, such as doing words or action words.

In this recognizing verbs worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues, choose correct verbs, and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Pupils complete five sentences.

Scholars take part in two exercises to boost their knowledge of personification. After reading a detailed description and excerpts from famous poems, writers list action verbs and objects then combine words to create a humorous...

Follow a teach, practice, and apply routine to provide extra support with a themed unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Topics include compound words, noting details, action verbs, suffixes, compare, and contrast, verbs, fantasy,...

That's Amazing! is the theme of an English language development unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Following a speak, look, move, and listen routine, scholars delve into topics; seasons, weather, animals, landforms, telling...

Students find vivid verbs in literature and use them in their own writing. For this vivid verbs lesson, students use a 'Thinking Thesaurus' of major verbs to study common verbs. Students then practice rewriting sentences using vivid...

Students act out verbs. In this verbs instructional activity, students identify and highlight the action words in a poem. As a class, the students act out the verbs, reinforcing the idea that verbs are action words.

Students demonstrate action words, express meaning through mime, and demonstrate memory and aural comprehension skills. They view action words through pictures, and act them out.

How much do your youngsters know about the simple present, past, and future tenses? Find out with this series of practice activities. To begin, learners become acquainted with the verb tenses by reading definitions and examples and...

Students write a short composition about learning something new that is hard to do after reviewing the nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and conjunctions in a picture-word bank.

Students use online resources to practice and master the use of the most commonly used Spanish verbs in the infinitive form. They develop an understanding of how verbs work, and follow a set of patterns to conjugate them.

In this recognizing verbs worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues and choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences. Students fill in five blanks.

For this recognizing verbs worksheet, students read sentences for context and tense clues, choose from three verbs, and fill in the blanks with the correct verbs. Students complete five sentences.

For this verb usage worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues, choose correct verbs from multiple choices, and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Students fill in five blanks.

In this verb recognition instructional activity, students use a word bank to fill in the blanks and complete sentences with action and be verbs. Students complete five sentences.