This easy worksheet shows second graders that both people and animals can do action verbs. Students sort write, fly, read, bark, cook, and purr into people actions or animal actions, then complete sentences like The bird flies over the house and Mom cooks dinner every night. A friendly true or false section asks whether words like fly and pretty are action verbs.
Connecting verbs to familiar people and animals helps young readers picture each action clearly and prepares them to choose strong, lively verbs in their own short stories and journal sentences.
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Action Verbs
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
writeflyreadbarkcookpurr
People Action
Animal Action
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The verb write tells about something a person does.
2. In The bird flies over the house, the action verb is flies.
3. In Mom cooks dinner every night, the verb is cooks.
4. A dog barks, but a cat purrs.
5. In We read books at the library, the action verb is read.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The word fly is an action verb.
True False
2. The word pretty is an action verb.
True False
3. Animals can do action verbs just like people can.
True False
4. The word cook is not an action verb.
True False
Action Verbs
★ Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
writeflyreadbarkcookpurr
People Action
Animal Action
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The verb write tells about something a person does.
2) In The bird flies over the house, the action verb is flies.
3) In Mom cooks dinner every night, the verb is cooks.
4) A dog barks, but a cat purrs.
5) In We read books at the library, the action verb is read.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) The word fly is an action verb.
True
False
2) The word pretty is an action verb.
True
False
3) Animals can do action verbs just like people can.
True
False
4) The word cook is not an action verb.
True
False
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