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Kindergarten Action Verbs Worksheets

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.

Free printable PDF, aligned to Common Core L.K.1.b. One skill per page, answer key on page two.

Every sheet is one of a kind and prints with a version code, so you can reprint the exact same one later. New version every click.

A sample kindergarten sheet. Yours will have different sentences. Click it to print your own.

The kind of sentences you'll get

Underline the action verb in each sentence.

  1. Dad flips the hot cakes for us.

    Answer: flips

  2. The baby claps her little hands.
  3. I hop on one leg.

Every print draws a fresh mix of sentences at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different sheet.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Act everything out. Read the sentence, then ask: what is happening? Have your child do the hopping or the digging before they underline it. The body remembers the lesson better than the pencil at this age, and it turns grammar into a game.

Watch for: Words like is, are, and was are verbs, but they don't show action. Our action-verb sheets focus on the doing words. The action word changes with time: jump, jumped, and jumping are all forms of the same verb.

Common questions about action verbs

What's the simplest way to teach action words?
Charades. Say a sentence, act out its action together, then find that word on the page. Kindergartners learn doing words by doing them, and the worksheet becomes the quiet half of a very active game.
Does my kindergartner need the word verb?
Not yet. Action word or doing word carries the whole idea. The grammar label can arrive in 1st or 2nd grade once finding the action is easy. Ideas first, names for ideas second.

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Aligned to Common Core L.K.1.b. Reviewed by the One More Sheet curriculum team. Content version 68, updated July 2026.