Verb Definition
Lily was running, and she got tired.
Running
True or False: Verbs need to be in a sentence
True
What is an action verb?
An action verb is a verb which describes action in the sentence.
Ashley was bored, so she started drawing.
Drawing
Do action verbs have to end in -ing?
No, they don’t have to end in -ing.
Nick was eating when his mom called him to the kitchen.
Eating
What is the action verb in each of these sentences? Our mailman drove a funny car last week. His teacher wrote the answers on the board. Alice worked on her homework last night.
1-drove 2-wrote 3-worked
Andrea was in trouble because she talked during the lesson.
Talked
What is the verb also called in a sentence?
simple predicate
The ball has landed over the fence again.
landed