Action Words
Words that describe an action.
What is a verb?
Prefixes are found at the beginning or the end of a word?
What is at the beginning of a word?
Suffixes are found at the beginning or the end of a word?
What is at the end of a word?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "all ears".
What is "I am listening"?
Add two adjectives to this sentence:
Did you see the boy looking for his dog?
(Evaluate answer.)
Which word is NOT a verb?
cat hiss play fight
What is cat?
What is the prefix in this word:
unhappiness
What is -un?
What is the suffix in this word?
beautiful
What is -ful?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "hit the sack".
What is to go to bed?
Add two adjectives to the sentence:
My sisters and I like to go to the store.
(Evaluate answer.)
Which word IS a verb?
fluffy good tackle pretty
What is tackle?
What is the prefix in this word:
disrespectful
What is -dis?
What is the prefix in this word:
capable
What is -able?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "time flies".
What is "time goes by quickly"?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "pulling my leg".
What is "playing a trick on me"?
Which words are VERBS in this sentence?
I ate and drank until my stomach hurt.
What is ATE and DRANK?
The definition of prepaid.
What is "to pay before"?
The definition of reader.
What is "a person who reads"?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "on the ball".
What is "hard working and prepared"?
Identify the nouns:
On Halloween, I spent a scary night in a haunted house.
What is Halloween, night, and house?
Which words are VERBS in this sentence?
My dog bit my ankle and then stepped on my toe.
What is bit and stepped?
The definition of retell.
What is "tell again"?
The definition of successful.
What is "full of success"?
The figurative meaning of the idiom "as busy as a bee".
What is "very busy"?
Identify the adjectives:
On Halloween, I spent a scary night in a haunted house.
What is scary and haunted?