Verbs Activity

A single open-ended activity page asks students to define a verb and generate their own examples of verbs and non-verbs.

Updated Sep 17, 2024

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Activity Introduction

An amazing activity designed for the students to learn more about languages.

Verbs

Do you enjoy learning English? Which topic do you like the most Grammar, writing, reading, spelling, comprehension, vocabulary or phonics?

Have you ever tried to learn any other language? If yes, tell us more about it?

How many languages are spoken in the world? What do you think the most interesting one?

Can you say Hello in Spanish, French or even Japanese? You can give it a try!

Can you name the countries that speaks Portuguese?

How many countries speaks Dutch?

What is the less spoken language in the whole world?

Would you like to learn a new language someday? If yes, which language will you choose?

Verbs Activity

The activity is perfect for encouraging the researching skills for the students, while learning more about world languages.

Verbs

This friendly designed worksheet is suitable for students at school, homeschooling, and as a group activity.

Instructions

What is a verb?

Write some examples of verbs.

Write some examples of things that aren't verbs.

Format

Available in a PDF format.

In the classroom

Define what a verb is in the student's own words
Generate original examples of verbs and non-verb words to demonstrate the distinction

Introduce or review the definition of a verb before assigning, since the page itself provides no definition or examples.
Use as a quick pre-assessment to gauge students' existing understanding of verbs before a formal grammar lesson.
Have students share their example lists aloud to build a class anchor chart, since the page offers no answer key to check against.

Verb identification and generation — students independently produce their own examples of verbs and contrast them with non-verb words.

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Ontario curriculum

B3.2 — Ontario Grade 3 Language B3.2: demonstrate an understanding of the functions of parts of speech in sentences, including possessive nouns, linking verbs and the progressive tense, interrogative adjectives and adverbs, and prepositions and interjections, and use this knowledge to support comprehension and communicate meaning clearly.