Forming and Using Verbs Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.3.1.D

Core Standard
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Verbs are action words, but that action can take on many forms and affect the parts of speech of every sentence differently. Transitive verbs have a noun that receives an action. Intransitive verbs never have a noun or object receiving an action. Verbs, in general, serve two distinct purposes within the sentence they reside. They can be used to connect the subject to a noun or adjective. These are called linking verbs. Verbs can be used before an action to give off additional information within the sentence. These are called helper verbs. The worksheets in this section will help students understand how to break apart sentences and add additional verbs to the mix.

Verbs Worksheets To Print:

Fun in the Sun! – Use the verbs to complete the passage.

At the Pet Store – Past, present, and future verb forms.

Find the Right Tools! – Cory has some really messed up sentences on his hands.

Shape Sorter – We related regular and irregular verbs to shapes.

How does your garden grow? – More work on tenses.

Take me out to the Ballgame! – The Winston Grasshoppers are playing the championship game. Help them to win by choosing the right words!

Life in the Forest – Nathan spent some time studying animals in the forest. Complete his sentences, using the past tense.

Nathan and Natalie – Nathan and Natalie always disagree. Today they're arguing about verbs. Nathan likes to add "ed" to them, while Natalie likes to change them.

What's the forecast? – Fill in the table and get the clues to find out. Decide how to change the base word to past tense. If you add "ed", put an x in that box.

Apple Pie Recipe – I started off with a real eye sore, the word "maked".

Spaceflight! – Mr. Farley's class just finished studying outer space. The students were asked to pretend they took a ride on a spaceship, and make up a story about it.

The Meow News – "Carrots" the Cat sees a lot of things as she wanders through the neighborhood. If only she could talk, she could tell us everything that goes on!

Attention! – Drill Sergeant Stone wants your attention. He's going to ask Private Snorky if did anything wrong today!

Butterfly Babies – Can you help them find the right flowers? Circle them. For the ones that aren't circled, write underneath how the word changes, instead of adding "ed" in the past tense.

Tree Climbing! – Daniel is writing a letter to his cousin, Steven. But Daniel needs some help in choosing the right words.

How Do You Form a Verb?


A verb is a part of speech that refers to a word which shows action or state of being of a subject or object.

For Instance: Run, Play, Go, Walk, etc.


The girl is playing in the garden.

Here "play" is a verb whereas playing indicates the action that has been done by the object or subject.


Forming Verbs Mostly verbs explain particular action being done related to the subject. However, in some cases, it can also represent the state of being of an object or subject. This is actually how a verb is formed.


Dynamic Verbs- The verbs which explain the action of a noun are known as dynamic verbs. E.g.: She is singing a song - He is playing Football.


Stative Verbs- Verbs that represent the state or quality of something (adjectives) are known as stative verbs. E.g.: He resembles his father - she belongs to a poor family.


Compound Verbs- These verbs refer to one meaning by combining two different words. The first words may be a noun, adjective or preposition and the second words refers to the verb. E.g.: Hand-wash, highlight.


Forms of Verb- There are three types of forms of verbs including base form, past simple, past participle and present participle. These forms are used in a sentence as per the tense requirement.


Example:
Go-went-gone
Write-Wrote-Written


Adding suffixes: -ing
Adding the suffix –ing into the base form of the verb makes present particle verb form.
Example: Running, Playing, Enjoying.


Forming Past simple and Past Participle Forms:


To form 2nd and 3rd form of verbs, we need to divide them into:

I. Regular Verbs: These verbs can be formed by adding suffixes –ed,-ied, -en, -ate,-ify in the verbs.

Example:

Work-worked-worked
Dry-Dried-Dried
Soft-Soften-Soften


II. Irregular Verbs: These 2nd and 3rd forms of verbs are formulated in a different manner and not by using specific suffixes. Thus known as irregular verbs.

Example:

Buy-Bought-Bought
Do-Did-Done
Fly-Flew-Flown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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