Worksheet (3 of 7) on Action Verbs
Mini Lesson | |
Definition | The English Language is full of interesting and exciting verbs, so don't make the mistake of choosing ordinary, boring verbs to use in your writing. Powerful verbs can suggest so much more about characters, moods and feelings. |
Example | Boring: The old man went into the room. Interesting: The old man stomped into the room. The reader starts to ask questions about why he was stomping. Was he angry? Was he stomping ants? |
Directions | Write the verb on the line. Use the list of words from the table below or use your own words. The first one has been done for you. |
plastered | strengthen | steer | tunnel | birth | balance | |
established | swimming | hide | covered | use | sitting | |
construct | gnawing | flow | assemble | block | ate | dogs |
1) | Gnawing the hard bark, beavers ate their dinner. |
2) | Strong beavers massive dams to the river. |
3) | Industrious beavers large lodges to live in. |
4) | A beaver mother gives to up to four kits once every spring. |
5) | The beaver's lodge through underwater passages. |
6) | Mud is on the outside to it. |
7) | Burrows are along the banks. |
8) | Bank burrows are a place to . |
9) | A beaver's tail is flat and with scales. |
10) | Beavers their tail to whenor for when on land. |
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