Action Verbs Worksheet: Match and Color!

How to use this worksheet

Read the first sentence aloud together, or have your child try reading it if they're ready. Ask them to point to the action word in the sentence — the word that tells what someone is doing. Have them draw a line or match the sentence to the picture that shows that action taking place. Once matched, let them color the picture, then move to the next sentence and repeat the process.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Play charades using only the verbs from the worksheet, taking turns acting them out for each other.
• 2Go on a 'verb hunt' through a picture book, pointing out action words on each page.
• 3Ask your child to make up their own sentence using one of the action words from the worksheet.
• 4Pick a 'verb of the day' and challenge your child to use it in conversation throughout the day.
• 5Play a quick game where you say an action and your child has to do it, then name the verb.