Language Tree SB 2

Unit 6

Language Verbs

Words that tell us what people do are called verbs . chase and jump are verbs.

I play football in the playground.

1 What do you do in the classroom? What do you do in the playground?

2 Make two lists of verbs.

hop

skip

read

sit

jump

play

shout

write

count

kick

throw

draw

listen

speak

Example: in the classroom

in the playground

write

throw

3 These words are from the poem, ‘PE’. Which words are verbs?

skip

arms stop

ball

hop

now

bend

foot

4 Find six verbs in ‘There’s a whole world in my park’.

5 What other things do you do? Write lots of verbs. 1 What do you do on the beach?

2 What do you do at home? 3 What do you do at church?

• Exercise 2: Pupils can add their own words from Exercise 1. • Extension: One pupil writes two nouns, e.g. pen , bucket , without showing their partner. Their partner writes two verbs, e.g. fell , sang . Together they use the four words in two sentences, e.g. The pen fell off the table. The bucket sang a song . Sentences must have a capital letter and a full stop.

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