Action Verbs Worksheet: Cut and Paste the Correct Verb!
This cut-and-paste worksheet asks young children to look at a picture of an action, choose the matching verb from a set of cutouts at the bottom of the page, and glue it into the blank — practicing verb-to-image matching alongside genuine scissor and glue control. Because the verbs aren't pre-placed, your child has to actively decide which word fits each picture rather than simply confirming an existing pairing, which makes the vocabulary work more demanding than a standard matching worksheet.
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How to use this worksheet
Cut out all the verb words at the bottom of the page first, laying them out where your child can see each one. Look at the first picture together and ask your child what action is happening in it. Have them find the matching verb among the cutouts, say it aloud, and glue it into the correct blank space. Repeat for each remaining picture, checking together that every verb ended up in the right spot before moving on.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Act out each verb from the worksheet together once all the pictures are glued down.
- 2Have your child make up a short sentence using one of the pasted verbs.
- 3Create simple flashcards with the same verbs and quiz your child on them over the next few days.
- 4Play a memory-matching game by writing verbs on one set of cards and drawing matching actions on another.
- 5Ask your child to sort the verbs into 'fast' actions and 'slow' actions.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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