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2nd - 4th Grade Action Verbs Educational Resources

Help students spice up their statements with action verbs that bring color to each sentence.


Action Verbs

Practice identifying action verbs with this comprehensive grammar page that teaches kids the difference between passive and active verbs.

Identifying Action Verbs

Where’s the action? Use this resource with your students to practice picking out action verbs in sentences.

Point Out the Action Verbs

In this worksheet, young writers will read two simple descriptions, then rewrite them using more vivid verbs and adjectives.

Imagery Using Verbs and Adjectives

Get into grammar action with this practice page for beginning writers. Change each passive verb to an action verb to make the sentence more interesting!

Kids will identify as many verbs as they can. They'll then describe the verb as a moving action or a still action and identify the noun performing each verb.

Verb Search

Action words make writing pop! Through this activity, your second graders will practice using action verbs to tell an engaging story about what they did at recess.

Ready for Action!

It’s time to write a movie! Have your students put on their director hats as they write an engaging movie scene using lots of action verbs.

Lights, Camera, Action (Verbs)!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Vocabulary Cards: Verbs that Show Character Action

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Verbs that Show Character Action.

Glossary: Verbs that Show Character Action

An action verb is a verb that conveys action. Beginner writers can familiarize themselves with action verbs using this fun worksheet.

Using Action Verbs

It's snack time! Kids master different parts of speech in this interactive grammar game. They must sort nouns from verbs in the vending machine.

Nouns and Verbs Sort

Show students how verbs can be used to add more character to a statement using descriptive verbs.


Descriptive Verbs 1

Encourage students to explore the impact of using vivid verbs and adjectives on a simple description, then practice revising a phrase on their own.

What Sounds Better? Verbs and Adjectives

Grammar is an essential part of the second grade language arts curriculum. This guided lesson teaches second graders how to properly use collective nouns, additonal nouns and verbs, and provides plenty of opportunities to practice these grammar rules in context. For more important practice with nouns and verbs, download and print the grammar worksheets that we suggest alongside this lesson.

Grammar 1

As students become more sophisticated writers, they begin to understand that words have different “jobs” in a sentence. These jobs can be thought of as parts of speech. In this word study unit, students will learn about the work that transition words, prepositions, verbs, adverbs and adjectives do. Students will also explore how certain kinds of words work together, like verbs and adverbs.

Grammar 3

Verbs and adverbs are the action heros of the language arts world. Third graders will be learning how to use these parts of speech this year, and you can support them with this guided lesson. Written by curriculum experts, this lesson provides kids with grammar instruction and plenty of examples of verbs and adverbs. For more printable practice with verbs and adverbs, check out the accompanying worksheets.

Verbs and Adverbs 1

Knowing your parts of speech is an important part of learning good writing skills. Learn the ins and outs of words with this packet that covers the eight different parts of speech.

Parts of Speech

Prepare for a world of writing with this packet of exercises, tools and tips. Students learn a few ways to spice up writing, like sensory words, action verbs, supporting details, and point of view.

Narrative Writing

This workbook makes grammar practice fun for your child by applying it to games and storytelling.

Grammar: Parts of Speech Practice

Give your students practice writing with detail and using vivid words.

Writing with Vivid Words

Use this worksheet to help your students practice identifying adverbs, read fluently, and demonstrate their reading comprehension.

Adverbs in a Script

Use this resource to assess your students’ mastery of grammar concepts.

Mixed Skills Word Study Check-Up

Diagramming sentences is an important skill for beginning writers, and a great way to review parts of speech. Diagram a passage from Wizard of Oz for practice!

Diagramming Sentences

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Back to School Poem

After learning about a predator/prey relationship in the wild, students can use these organizers as a pre-writing exercise for informational paragraph writing. Students will use action verbs and adjectives to describe their predator and prey.

Predator & Prey Organizers

Make taking notes fun by having your students use this handy organizer to collect their thoughts while learning about predators and prey. Students will note what they learn, questions they have, and new or interesting vocabulary words they hear.

Nature Video Notes

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Be a Detail Artist!

Little Easter Bunnies, get out your creative thinking caps and delve into this Easter writing prompt. Can you think up the best Easter egg hunt?

Easter Creative Writing #9

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

 "Yellow Pages" for a New Neighbor

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