Unit 3Lesson

Action Verbs

Objectives:

Students will:

Identify action verbs

What are Action Verbs?

The main word in the predicate is the verb.

Most verbs are action verbs. An action verb shows what the subject

does or did. Example:

› The ball flew over the plate.› Jill pitches the ball. › Roberto swings the bat.› Roberto ran to first base.

What is the action verb in each sentence?

People admire Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson as an all round athlete.

At sixteen she joined an excellent women’s basketball team.

She scored a hundred points in one game!

During that same period, she won medals as a swimmer.

Which words are verbs?

She also set records as a figure skater.

Didrikson entered many track and field

events.

In the 1932 Olympics, she captured

three medals.

Sports reporters named her the

greatest woman athlete.

Which words are verbs?

He watches games on television.

Jack writes about sports for the school

newspaper.

His news stories cover different kinds

of events.

One of his stories described a bicycle

race.

Which words are verbs?

One of his stories cover different kinds

of events.

The cyclist raced around the track

many times.

In another event, runners jumped over

hurdles.

Which words are verbs?

Team sports excite Sally.

Last night he went to a hockey game.

The goalie missed an important shot.

Norman describes the exciting details

in his article.

Which words are verbs?

Kwon Li Streaks Across Finish

Line

Beloved Pitcher Returns as

Coach

Dukes Dribble Their Way to

Championship

Which words are verbs?

Cobras Squeeze Victory from

Eagles

Sprained Finger Injures

Barbosa’s Game

Angry Coach Suspends Evans

for Season

Homework

WB pgs. 36-37