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

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

Tips for parents and teachers

Say the action word aloud together as your child matches and colors — repetition at the moment of matching helps the vocabulary stick. If your child struggles to find reading fluent enough for the sentences, read them aloud yourself and just have your child focus on identifying and matching the verb. Physical movement — acting the verbs out — reinforces meaning far more than repetition alone.