 Here is a little story to help you learn about
Action Verbs.
Anna Action/Verb jumped from bed on Monday. She ran to
the breakfast table, doing three cartwheels on the way.
"Anna, you are too active!" said Mrs. Action/Verb.
"So?" Anna replied
as she leapt out the door.
She raced her friend, Donna
Direct-Object, all the way to school. But she couldn't sit still. Ms. Sentence, the teacher, tapped
her ruler on her desk and said, "Anna, SIT STILL!"
"Yes, ma'am," Anna
said as she picked up her pencil.
When the class lined
up for Art, Patrick Pronoun whispered, "You'd better stop being so active. You'll get into
trouble." But Anna was seeing how long she could hop on one foot and not trip
over Donna.
The Art teacher, Mrs. Preposition, was showing the class how to draw snowflakes when Anna tipped over in her chair. Then she did
five somersaults right into a table. Anna got a bruise on her
forehead and had to go to the nurse.
Then Mr. Noun, the principal, wrote
a note home to Anna's parents. And can you guess what Mr. and
Mrs. Action/Verb decided? No gymnastics, Anna's favorite
class, for a week!
So Anna learned to do
flips only in gymnastics and to learn in school instead.
You should have learned in this story that . Action verbs in this story
are colored red.
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A few other points to remember:
- Action verbs can also be actions you can't see such as: Sue thought about pets. She wanted a puppy.
- Action verbs are time-telling verbs. They also tell when something takes
place. Examples:
My dog runs faster
than yours. (present tense)
Yesterday he ran around the block. (past tense)
Tomorrow he will run in a race. (future tense)
- Actions verbs main be used alone as the main verb of a sentence; as in: My kitten fell
into the pond. Or the action verb may use a helping verb; as in: If you get too close to the edge, you will
fall too.
So, do you think you understand Action Verbs? Try taking our little test to check your
knowledge! Or learn more about Helping and Main Verbs or State-of-being Verbs.
Story and artwork and created by Katrina
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Presented by Mrs. Sunda's 4th Grade Gifted Resource Class
