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Unit 3. Lesson. Action Verbs. Objectives:. Students will: Identify action verbs. What are Action Verbs?. The main word in the predicate is the verb. Most verbs are action verbs. An action verb shows what the subject does or did. Example: The ball flew over the plate.
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Unit 3 Lesson Action Verbs
Objectives: Students will: • Identify action verbs
What are Action Verbs? • The main word in the predicate is the verb. • Most verbs are action verbs. • An action verb shows what the subject does or did. • Example: • The ball flew over the plate. • Jill pitches the ball. • Roberto swings the bat. • Roberto ran to first base.
What is the action verb in each sentence? • People admire Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson as an all round athlete. • At sixteen she joined an excellent women’s basketball team. • She scored a hundred points in one game! • During that same period, she won medals as a swimmer.
Which words are verbs? • She also set records as a figure skater. • Didrikson entered many track and field events. • In the 1932 Olympics, she captured three medals. • Sports reporters named her the greatest woman athlete.
Which words are verbs? • He watches games on television. • Jack writes about sports for the school newspaper. • His news stories cover different kinds of events. • One of his stories described a bicycle race.
Which words are verbs? • One of his stories cover different kinds of events. • The cyclist raced around the track many times. • In another event, runners jumped over hurdles.
Which words are verbs? • Team sports excite Sally. • Last night he went to a hockey game. • The goalie missed an important shot. • Norman describes the exciting details in his article.
Which words are verbs? • Kwon Li Streaks Across Finish Line • Beloved Pitcher Returns as Coach • Dukes Dribble Their Way to Championship
Which words are verbs? • Cobras Squeeze Victory from Eagles • Sprained Finger Injures Barbosa’s Game • Angry Coach Suspends Evans for Season
Homework WB pgs. 36-37