Action Words in Stories

1st Grade60 minutesIllustrative Mathematics

Learning Objective

I can find and circle action words in a short story.

Key Concepts

A noun is a person, place, or thing.

Action verbs are words that tell you what nouns do.

Examples of action verbs are teaches, sells, and rings.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. What is a noun? Give an example of a noun.

2. What do action verbs tell us?

3. The sentence is: 'The cat naps.' Which word is the action verb?

...and 9 more questions

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