Verbs
Guess the Name
Read the riddles given below and guess the name for each. Write your answer in the space provided.
- Riddle: The more you feed it, The more it will grow high. But if you give it water, Then it will simply die.
Answer: Fire - Riddle: In spring I look gay, Dressed in bright clothes, I must say. In summer, more clothing I wear, But when colder it grows, I throw off my clothes.
Answer: Tree - Riddle: What has teeth but cannot bite?
Answer: Comb - Riddle: A simple riddle you can solve I suppose, I have many eyes but not even one nose!
Answer: Potato
Riddle: What grows bigger when you take out something from it?
Answer: Hole
Worksheet I
Was it fun solving the riddles? Now let us check the answers by filling in the blanks given below:
Task: Fill in the blanks to check the riddle answers, identifying verbs (action words).
- When we feed the fire, it grows high but when we give it water, it dies.
Verbs: feed, grows, give, dies. - A tree looks gay in spring as it is dressed in bright clothes of leaves and flowers. In summer, the tree wears more clothes and in winter, it throws off its clothes.
Verbs: looks, wears, throws. - A comb has teeth but it cannot bite.
Verb: bite. - You can solve this puzzle as it is simple. The potato has many eyes but not even one nose.
Verb: solve. - When you take out more mud from a hole in the ground, it grows
Verbs: take, grows.
Explanation: The words filled in the blanks (feed, grows, give, dies, looks, wears, throws, bite, solve, take) are verbs describing actions or states.
Worksheet II
You have read about animal sounds in Section B of Unit-Wit and Humour of My English Reader. Match the animals (given in Column A) with their sounds (given in Column B).
- A lion – roars
- An owl – hoots
- A cat – purrs
- A duck – quacks
- A bee – buzzes
- A frog – croaks
- A sheep – baas
- A monkey – chatters
- A hen – clucks
- A mouse – squeaks
- A fly – hums
- A dog – barks
- A horse – neighs
- A wolf – howls
- A cow – moos
Worksheet III
Work with your partner. First read the story given below. Then fill in the blank spaces with action words that are hidden in the ‘Verb Search Sheet’ following the story. Circle the word in the search sheet and then fill it in the correct blank. One has been done as an example.
The Lion and the Mouse
Once a lion was asleep in a forest. A little mouse began running upon him. This woke the lion. The lion became angry. “How dare you wake me?” he roared and placed his huge paw upon the little mouse. He opened his big jaw to eat him.
“Please forgive me,” cried the mouse. “I will help you some day.” The lion laughed and let him go.
Worksheet IV
Supply suitable action words to fill in the blanks.
Aid Box – move, try, block, obey, are, reach, fail, hear, occur
Completed Paragraph:
Traffic Jams are a common sight these days. During the traffic jams, vehicles move ahead at the speed of snails. Trucks and buses block the roads. The policemen on duty try their best but they fail to control the traffic. Traffic Jams occur because people do not obey the traffic rules. During the traffic jams, one can hear the drivers shouting at each other. Traffic Jams occur at any time of the day. For school children, traffic jam is a great boon because children have an excuse to reach the school late.
Do It Yourself
- Read the lines taken from the story ‘What’s Really Important’ (Unit-Sports) of
My English Reader that tell us what sportsman spirit is. Underline the action
words.
(a) A few years ago at the Special Olympics, nine contestants physically or entally disabled assembled at the starting line for the 100 metre dash.
(b) One boy fell down a few times and he cried.
(c) The other eight children heard the boy’s cries. They slowed down and paused.
(d) They all turned around and went back.
(e) One girl bent down and kissed the boy. She said, “This will make you better.” (f) Then all the nine linked their arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood up and the cheering went on for ten minutes.
Action Words: assembled, fell, cried, heard, slowed, paused, turned, went, bent, kissed, said, linked, walked, stood, went.
- Look at Aleena’s daily time-table given below:
Now, on the basis of her time-table, fill in suitable action words in the paragraph given below that her friend wrote about her. The first one has been done as an example.
Aleena is able to do all her work well because she has made a time-table for herself. She wakes up at 6:30 a.m. every morning. At 7:30 a.m., she goes to school. She attends school from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. She reaches back home at 2:00 p.m. She changes her clothes and eats lunch between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. she watches TV or listens to music. She plays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. She studies for two hours from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. She takes her dog for a walk from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. She eats dinner from 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and at 9:00 p.m. she goes to bed.
Action Words: wakes, goes, attends, reaches, changes, eats, watches, listens, plays, studies, takes, eats, goes.
- Read the following passage. The slash (/) tells you the place in each line where an action word is missing. Write the missing word in the space provided. The first one has been done as an example.
I was alone at home. I
was / watching TV, when all of a sudden
I heard the sound of footsteps outside
my room. I felt frightened.
I prayed to God that my parents
should return home quickly. Suddenly
someone knocked at the door. Very quietly
I lay down on my bed.
The knock grew louder. Slowly, with a sheet,
I covered my face and with all
my strength I shouted loudly. I heard
someone saying, “Open the door, my child.”
It was my mother knocking at the door.
Action Words: was, watching, heard, felt, prayed, return, knocked, lay, grew, covered, shouted, heard, open, was.