2. Definition: A verb is a word that shows ACTION and tells you what the subject did.

3. shop run flip pull skate

4. Steve climbed. A verb is a word that shows ACTION and tells you what the subject did. Steve is the subject. Climbed is the verb that tells what Steve did.

5. Tracy flipped. Sam pulled. Karen skated. Snoopy ran. Roy shopped. A verb will never start a sentence.

6. Verbs can show action or state a fact. Jenny jumped onto a rubber raft. (action) A worker dug a hole for the post. (action) Their father is in the army. (fact) The winners were Cindy and Rick. (fact)

7. carried been being were shaved became wipe are seems am is sings hit jump runs were

8. Sometimes finding the word that shows Action is easy, but remember to cross out the prepositional phrases to find the subject and verb easier.

9. The horse galloped. He visited yesterday. Tony cycled The clock ticked seven o’clock. The ball bounced Kathy tickled the dog. Ted loved his pet donkey. The horse galloped. He visited yesterday. Tony cycled down the hill. The clock ticked seven o’clock. The ball bounced over there. Kathy tickled the dog. Ted loved his pet donkey. down the hill. over there.

10. Pick out these verbs! We saw six dolphins at Sea World. Harry met him at the marina. Jan wants to swim today. The boys jumped into the pool.

11. The umpire yelled at the catcher. Ron called him on his cell phone. Birds find food for their young. The stereo dropped onto the floor. We found a new computer today.

12. Sometimes, it is hard to decide if the word is part of a verb (verb phrase). Example: Bud is glad to be an actor. In this sentence, is glad part of the verb? If you are unsure, try placing to before the word: to glad. This makes it an infinitive. Then, use the word in three short sentences: Today, I glad. Yesterday, I gladded. Tomorrow, I shall glad. This doesn’t make sense. You can’t use glad as a verb. Therefore, you will not underline glad as part of the verb.

13. 1.Kelly is good for her babysitter. 2.The builder talked quietly with the owner. 3.Mrs. Tames became upset about her bill. 4.For a beginner, you play tennis very well. 5.During the afternoon, the children played happily in the sandbox.

14. Mike dunked the ball for the winning point.

15. Jack hit the golfball twenty yards.

16. Kelsey balanced herself on the beam.

17. Jenny enjoyed the cold water in the pool.

18. On the weekends, Mark liked to kick his hackey-sack happily.