Activities with Verbs

Verbs

Demonstration Activities

Adjectives Nouns Verbs Prepositions an activity to drop the words into their correct box

Part 2 has learners placing alternative words to 'said' into sentences

Part 1 shows how writing can be made more interesting by using 'verbs of power'

A simple rhyme to help learners understand what is meant by power verbs

Emotion Verbs those concerned with feelings highlighted by a series of pictures

Present Past Future a collection of pictures showing 16 examples of verbs in their different tenses

Sorting the Verbs those which 'add -ed' or 'take off the e' or 'double the last letter'

Part 1 shows a number of verbs that describe the action of nouns

Animations

Action Verb animation an explanation of what this part of speech does

Grammar Rock Verbs an animation explaining what and how verbs are used

ING words an animation showing a number of words which end in ING

Linking Verb animation a simple explanation of what this part of speech does

Main Verb Helping Verb animation a simple explanation of what this part of speech does

Present Tense a simple animation showing the verbs in a number of sentences

Regular Verb Past Tense animation a simple explanation of what this part of speech does

Explanations

Future Tense Verb an explanation of what this part of speech does

Past Tense a simple explanation of what this part of speech does

A simple explanation of what a verb is an what it does

Part 1 simply explains what a verb is

Powerpoint presentations

Powerpoint presentation giving sentence examples in all three tenses Run Play Swim Write Draw Drink

Powerpoint presentation explaining what a verb is and how it is used in the present past future tenses

Powerpoint presentation explaining the difference between active and passive sentences

Imperative Verbs Powerpoint presentation explaining what these are where when you would use them

Placing verbs into sentences

Part 2 has learners putting verbs into the missing spaces in sentences

Part 3 has learners putting verbs into the missing spaces in sentences

Practice Activities

Place the 'Verb' word next to the picture showing that verb action

Part 2 Type in alternative words for 'said' and 'cried'

Placing the correct verb to the word meaning

Input past tense versions of the present tense verbs given

Matching ING Verbs with their correct ING ending

Noun Verb Adjective drop nouns verbs and adjectives into the spaces to create sentences

Choose the correct verb

Part 1 choose the correct verb for each of the sentences

Level 2 choose the correct verb tense to fit into the 10 sentences

Play the Game choose the correct verb tense for each of the sentences given

Noun Verb Adjective choose the verbs from the grid of words

Identify the verb

Find the 'Verbs of Power'

Find the Verb and drop it into it's correct place in the sentence

Part 2 Identify the verbs in a number of sentences

Match past and present tense verbs

Matching Pairs 1 matching a present and past tense verb

Matching Pairs 2 matching a present and past tense verb

Matching Pairs 3 matching a present and past tense verb

Matching Pairs 4 matching a present and past tense verb

Matching Pairs 5 matching a present and past tense verb

Match past and present tense irregular verbs

Irregular Past Tense 1 matching past and present tense irregular verbs

Irregular Past Tense 2 matching past and present tense irregular verbs

Irregular Past Tense 3 matching past and present tense irregular verbs

Irregular Past Tense 4 matching past and present tense irregular verbs

Sorting verbs from others

Sorting Words which just add ING, drop the 'E' from those which double last letter

Sorting the Verbs from the nouns adjectives and prepositions

Sorting the Verbs from the nouns

Sorting Words into the correct columns containing related verbs

Extension Activities

Find a Verb which belongs with each letter of the alphabet

Logging Tenses move the beaver across the logs to make a sentence in the tense asked for

Noun Verb or Both some words can be both a noun and a verb depending upon how they are used

Spot the Verb in Level 1 choose the correct word(s) which is the verb

Main Verb Helping Verb Contraction choose which word is highlighted

Verb Viper identify whether the subject is singular or plural and of the correct tense

Crosswords

Past Tense Crossword 1 a more difficult activity suited to able learners

Past Tense Crossword 2 a more difficult activity suited to able learners

Hangman activities

Hangman Past Participle 1 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Hangman Past Participle 2 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Hangman Past Tense 1 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Hangman Past Tense 2 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Hangman Present Tense 1 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Hangman Present Tense 2 a hard activity of trying to guess the hidden verb

Testing Activities

Blast the Rocket identify the correct spelling of the verbs given

Description Match match the verb given to one of the drop down descriptions given

ING Wordsearch an online wordsearch featuring words ending in ING

Is or Are decide whether a sentence is singular or plural and choose the correct word

Re-Write these Sentences in the tense given

Spot the Verb 3 levels of 10 question quizzes identifying the verb in each sentence

A series of quizzes testing the understanding of verb tenses

Verb Usage Basketball select a 1, 2 or 3 point question choose which verb fits into the sentence

Matching noun to verb

Matching Noun to Verb 1 match 12 verbs on the left with 12 nouns down on the right

Matching Noun to Verb 2 match 12 verbs on the left with 12 nouns down on the right

Matching Noun to Verb 3 match 12 verbs on the left with 12 nouns down on the right

Matching opposites

Verb Opposites 1 match the correct verb with its opposite

Verb Opposites 2 match the correct verb with its opposite

Verb Opposites 3 match the correct verb with its opposite

Verb Opposites 4 match the correct verb with its opposite

Verb Phrases

Verb Phrases 1 excellent to show verbs within phrases

Verb Phrases 2 excellent to show verbs within phrases

Verb Phrases 3 excellent to show verbs within phrases

Verb to be

Verb To Be 1 a 6 question quiz marked online

Verb To Be 2 a 6 question quiz marked online

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