Action Verbs Worksheets
First graders find the action verb in sentences they read themselves. The reliable test stays physical: the action word is the one you could act out. Sentences at this level keep one clear action each.
By grade
What students need to know
An action verb tells what someone or something does.
This skill runs from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Action Verbs across the grades
Kindergarten
An action verb tells what someone or something does: run, hop, dig, sing. Kindergartners find the doing word in short read-aloud sentences, usually by acting it out first. If you can do it, it's an action word.
1st Grade
First graders find the action verb in sentences they read themselves. The reliable test stays physical: the action word is the one you could act out. Sentences at this level keep one clear action each.
2nd Grade
An action verb is the word in a sentence that tells what someone or something does: runs, whispered, builds, sang. In 2nd grade, students find the action word in a sentence and notice that every sentence needs a verb. In "The frog jumped over the log," the action verb is "jumped."