This easy worksheet helps second graders tell action verbs apart from describing words. Children sort six words like climb, tall, throw, soft, paint, and loud into the correct group, then fill in blanks for sentences like He climbs the rope and She paints a picture. True or false questions check whether words such as soft and loud are really action words.
By focusing on the difference between doing words and describing words, this page builds the careful word-spotting habits second graders need before moving on to verb tenses and stronger sentence writing.
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Action Verbs
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
climbtallthrowsoftpaintloud
Action Verb
Describing Word
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In He climbs the rope, the action verb is climbs.
2. The word throw is an action verb because it tells what someone does.
3. In She paints a picture, the verb is paints.
4. An action verb shows action.
5. In The boys dig a hole, the action verb is dig.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The word climb is an action verb.
True False
2. The word soft is an action verb.
True False
3. Action verbs tell what someone does.
True False
4. The word loud is an action verb.
True False
Action Verbs
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
climbtallthrowsoftpaintloud
Action Verb
Describing Word
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) In He climbs the rope, the action verb is climbs.
2) The word throw is an action verb because it tells what someone does.
3) In She paints a picture, the verb is paints.
4) An action verb shows action.
5) In The boys dig a hole, the action verb is dig.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) The word climb is an action verb.
True
False
2) The word soft is an action verb.
True
False
3) Action verbs tell what someone does.
True
False
4) The word loud is an action verb.
True
False
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