Common English verbs – part 1

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. agree 2. allow 3. answer 4. ask 5. be

6. become 7. begin 8. believe 9. borrow 10. break

11. bring 12. buy 13. call 14. can 15. carry

16. change 17. close 18. come 19. cut 20. decide

21. do 22. eat 23. explain 24. fall 25. feel

Yes!

I can

ski!

Common English verbs – part 2

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. fill 2. find 3. finish 4. follow 5. fly

6. forget 7. get 8. give 9. go 10. happen

11. have 12. hear 13. help 14. hold 15. keep

16. know 17. learn 18. leave 19. like 20. listen

21. live 22. look 23. lose 24. make 25. may

Common English verbs – part 3

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. mean 2. meet 3. move 4. must 5. need

6. open 7. pay 8. play 9. promise 10. put

11. read 12. remember 13. run 14. say 15. see

16. sell 17. seem 18. send 19. set 20. shall

21. should 22. show 23. sit 24. sleep 25. speak

Shall we dance?

Common English verbs – part 4

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. spend 2. stand 3. start 4. stop 5. study

6. suggest 7. take 8. talk 9. tell 10. think

11. travel 12. try 13. turn 14. understand 15. use

16. wait 17. wake up 18. walk 19. want 20. watch

21. will 22. win 23. work 24. worry 25. write

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Common English verbs – part 1

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. agree 2. allow 3. answer 4. ask 5. be

6. become 7. begin 8. believe 9. borrow 10. break

11. bring 12. buy 13. call 14. can 15. carry

16. change 17. close 18. come 19. cut 20. decide

21. do 22. eat 23. explain 24. fall 25. feel

Yes!

I can

ski!

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Common English verbs – part 2

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. fill 2. find 3. finish 4. follow 5. fly

6. forget 7. get 8. give 9. go 10. happen

11. have 12. hear 13. help 14. hold 15. keep

16. know 17. learn 18. leave 19. like 20. listen

21. live 22. look 23. lose 24. make 25. may

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Common English verbs – part 3

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. mean 2. meet 3. move 4. must 5. need

6. open 7. pay 8. play 9. promise 10. put

11. read 12. remember 13. run 14. say 15. see

16. sell 17. seem 18. send 19. set 20. shall

21. should 22. show 23. sit 24. sleep 25. speak

Shall we dance?

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Common English verbs – part 4

Name: _____________________ Class: ___ Date: ______________________________

Task Match the words in the boxes with the pictures below. Write the number in the circles.

1. spend 2. stand 3. start 4. stop 5. study

6. suggest 7. take 8. talk 9. tell 10. think

11. travel 12. try 13. turn 14. understand 15. use

16. wait 17. wake up 18. walk 19. want 20. watch

21. will 22. win 23. work 24. worry 25. write

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Find the following words in the puzzle

ball flying riding ball house signing

bicycle kicking song cleaning kite washing dinner newspaper watching dishes plants watering eating reading

Word Association Exercise

Names of things (nouns) Action Words (verbs)

Answer Key

7 - kicking 1 - watering... 3 - flying... 10 - reading... 6 - singing... 5 - eating... 4 - cleaning... 9 - washing... 8 - watching... 2-riding

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Action Verbs Matching Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.

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kicking...

1) the plants.

_____ watering...

2) bicycle.

_____ flying...

3) a kite

_____ reading...

4) the house

_____ singing...

5) dinner

_____ eating...

6) a song

_____ cleaning...

7) the ball.

_____ washing...

8) the TV

_____ watching...

9) the dishes

riding…10) a newspaper

Vocabulary Worksheet – Action verbs

Speak: What is Bobby doing?

Now write: What is Bobby doing? 1 He’s sitting down. 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 5 15 6 16 7 17 8 18 9 19 10 20

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Word bank: dance, drink, dream, eat, hop, jump, listen, look, run, shout, sing, sit down, skate, ski, sleep, swim, talk (also: speak or say hi), walk, whistle, write

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I can r_ _ _ .

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C _ _ you jump? 3.

S_ _ down.

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I can d_ _ _ _ .

5.

The fox can s _ _ g.

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I can r _ _ .

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st _ _ _ up please.

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I can w _ _ _ _ .

Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

Verbs: Words that show action

Call Blow Bounce

Carry Close Fold

Cry Laugh Fly

1. My mother told me to ________________ the baby into the kitchen so that

he can get his breakfast.

2. When my class went to Physical Education we learned how to _______________

a basketball.

3. Ms. Dorsey is teaching us how to __________________ towels and napkins.

4. Before the birthday party my father asked us to ______________ up 100

balloons.

5. When you leave your house, you should always ______________ the door so

that the bugs don’t get inside.

6. The boy told his friends that his paper airplane can _______________ up to the

moon. He was not telling the truth.

7. The Scooby Doo movies make me ___________________. They are the funniest

cartoons ever!

8. When babies are hungry they will __________________ until someone gives

them a bottle full of warm milk.

9. My friend told me to ________________ him on the phone when I got home

from school so we can go to the movies together.

Circle the correct verb.

Verbs: Words that show action

Call Blow Bounce

Carry Close Fold

Cry Laugh Fly

1. My mother told me to (carry / fold) the baby into the kitchen so

that he can get his breakfast.

2. When my class went to Physical Education we learned how to

(blow / bounce) a basketball.

3. Ms. Dorsey is teaching us how to (close / fold) towels and napkins.

4. Before the birthday party my father asked us to (laugh / blow) up

100 balloons.

5. When you leave your house, you should always (carry / close) the

door so that the bugs don’t get inside.

6. The boy told his friends that his paper airplane can (fold / fly) up to

the moon. He was not telling the truth.

7. The Scooby Doo movies make me (call / laugh). They are the

funniest cartoons ever!

8. When babies are hungry they will ( cry / fly) until someone gives

them a bottle full of warm milk.

9. My friend told me to (call / bounce) him on the phone when I got

home from school so we can go to the movies together.

Fill in the blank with the correct verb.

Verbs: Words that show action

Buy Play Clap

Build Chop Paint

Sing Exercise Step

1. I will ______________ some popcorn at the movie theater.

2. In art class we _________________ a picture using water color paints.

3. When the basketball team makes a basket you should _______________ your

hands really loudly.

4. To have a healthy body you should _______________ everyday.

5. I will __________________ a house using wood, hammer and nails.

6. Don’t _______________ down the apple tree!!!

7. I’m sorry that I can’t ______________ with you today. I am sick.

8. Do you like to __________________ that song?

9. Do not __________________ in the mud, you will get your shoes all dirty.

Circle the correct verb.

1. I will (build / buy) some popcorn at the movie theater.

2. In art class we will (paint / sing) a picture using water color paints.

3. When the basketball team makes a basket you should (step / clap)

your hands really loudly.

4. To have a healthy body you should (buy / exercise) everyday.

5. I will (chop / build) a house using wood, hammer and nails.

6. Don’t (chop / sing) down the apple tree!!!

7. I’m sorry that I can’t (clap / play) with you today. I am sick.

8. Do you like to (exercise / sing) that song?

9. Do not (step / build) in the mud, you will get your shoes all dirty.

Verbs: Words that show action

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Build Chop Paint

Sing Exercise Step

Vocabulary Worksheet – Action verbs

Speak: What is Bobby doing?

Now write: What is Bobby doing? 1 He’s sitting down. 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 5 15 6 16 7 17 8 18 9 19 10 20

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Word bank: dance, drink, dream, eat, hop, jump, listen, look, run, shout, sing, sit down, skate, ski, sleep, swim, talk (also: speak or say hi), walk, whistle, write

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Fill in the blanks with the correct tense forms of the verbs in the brackets    

1.   It ______ ( rain ) since last night, and it ______ ( look ) as if it may rain for the rest of the day.    

2.   My school ______ ( hold ) a food‐and‐fun fair next month to raise money for the school 

building‐fund.    

3.   Look! Those bees ______ ( buzz ) round the flowers. The bees ______ not only ______ ( collect ) 

honey, but they ______ ( pollinate ) the flowers as well.    

4.   Mary told him what ______ ( happen ) to his dog, so he ______ ( run )home to see how it 

______ ( be ).    

5.   ______ the taxi ______ ( come ) yet ? It ______ ( be ) already ten minutes late. I hope it ______ 

( be ) here soon.    

6.   We ______ ( go ) shopping last weekend. There ______ ( be ) a great crowd at the shopping 

center. Most of the people ______ ( do ) their New Year's shopping.    

7.   It ______ ( be ) a fine morning today. The birds ______ ( sing ) in the trees, and there ______ ( 

be ) not a cloud in the sky.    

8.   That child ______ always ______ ( ask ) questions. Sometimes he ______ ( ask ) such 

complicated questions that I ______ ( become ) puzzled, too.    

9.   I thought that the grass ______ ( need ) cutting, but the lawnmower ______ ( be ) out of order. 

Therefore, I ______ ( cut ) the grass with a pair of shears.    

10.   Your friends ______ ( wait ) for you for over an hour. Where ______ you ______ ( be ) all this 

time ? You ______ ( be ) out for almost four hours.    

11.   She ______ ( mop ) the floor when her cousin came in. She ______ ( scold ) him angrily because 

he ______ ( make ) the floor dirty with his muddy shoes.   

12.   The police ______ ( investigate ) the robbery that ______ ( take ) place last week.  So far, they 

______ ( discover ) nothing and ______ ( arrest ) no one.    

13.   She ______ ( look ) very worried for the past few days; but when I ______ (ask )what the matter 

was, she ______ ( say ) that it ______ ( be ) nothing.    

14.   She says that she ______ ( send ) the letter a month ago; but, so far, she ______ ( not receive ) 

any reply. She ______ ( think ) that her letter ______ ( be ) lost in the post.    

15.   He walked along the road, wondering what ______ ( happen ) and where all the people ______ 

( go ). The streets ______ ( be ) deserted, and the stalls ______ ( be leave ) as they ______ ( be ), with 

fruit and vegetables arranged in neat rows. 

Answers    

           

1.   It has been raining since last night, and it looks as if it may rain for the rest of the day.    

2.   My school is holding a food‐and‐fun fair next month to raise money for the school building‐

fund.    

3.   Look! Those bees are buzzing round the flowers. The bees are not only collecting honey, but 

they are pollinating the flowers as well.    

4.   Mary told him what had happened to his dog, so he ran home to see how it was.    

5.   Has the taxi come yet ? It is already ten minutes late. I hope it will be here soon.   

6.   We went shopping last weekend. There was a great crowd at the shopping center. Most of the 

people were doing their New Year's shopping.    

7.   It is a fine morning today. The birds are singing in the trees, and there is not a cloud in the sky.    

8.   That child is always asking questions. Sometimes he asks such complicated questions that I 

become puzzled, too.    

9.   I thought that the grass needed cutting, but the lawnmower was out of order. Therefore, I cut 

the grass with a pair of shears.    

10.   Your friends have been waiting for you for over an hour. Where have you been all this time ? 

You were out for almost four hours.    

11.   She was mopping the floor when her cousin came in. She scolded him angrily because he made 

the floor dirty with his muddy shoes.    

12.   The police are investigating the robbery that took place last week.  So far, they have discovered 

nothing and have arrested no one.    

13.   She had been looking very worried for the past few days; but when I asked what the matter 

was, she said that it was nothing.    

14.   She says that she had sent the letter a month ago; but, so far, she has not received any reply. 

She thinks that her letter was lost in the post.    

15.   He walked along the road, wondering what had happened and where all the people had gone. 

The streets were deserted, and the stalls were left as they were, with fruit and vegetables arranged in 

neat rows. 

act

add

attend ( aclass / an

event)

back up

believe

brush yourteeth

close

cook

cry

cycle / race

dance

drink

dry

eat

fall

fix / repair

get off

get your haircut

go to bed

help

kiss

know thefacts

learn

leave

listen

look at

mix

open

park a car

plug in /unplug

quit to stop

ride a bike

scream

shout

smoke

sneeze

spend(money)

stop

sweep

take a bath

take a nap

take ashower

taste

to complain

to shave(oneself)

turn off / on

vacuum

watch

weigh

work out

write

WORDS

Write as many verbs (action) words as possible in the box.

You have minutes!

eating

cutting

running drawing

going

pen

money

ball plane

games

Now.Take turns connecting a noun/thing to the action! Example. Eating – Food. The more you get the better you are!

It’s Your Turn.Write as many nouns (things) as possible in the box. You have minutes!

Now.take turns connecting an action to the thing! Example. pen - writing. The more you get the better you are!