Name Grammar BLMVerbs are doing words or action words.1.Color the verbs (action words) that each noun (naming word)

can do. The first one has been done for you.

boy skip eat fly kicksnake slither read bite hisschicken drink eat shoot scratchfish swim eat breathe growdog talk eat bark playhorse gallop grow eat flyduck swim fly quack barkfire burn heat cook washwheel sing spin turn roll

2. Color the ones you can do.

eating pushing scratching buzzingsleeping playing growing readingflying barking swimming quacking

3. Write a sentence saying what you like doing best of all.I like

Noun Verbs(naming word) (action words)

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Name Grammar BLMVerbs are doing words or action words.Tell what is happening in these pictures. Use action words.

a. The boy sits.He is .

b. The girl throws. She is .

c. The clown stands.He is .

d. The rain is falling. The rain .

e. The bird is flying. The bird .

f. Cuddles growls. He is .

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Answer Key (cont.)

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Verba. shinesb. swimsc. blowsd. quackse. fallsf. trots

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a. fly e. swimb. bark f. ringc. hop g. tickd. cry

page 341. Noun–Verbs

boy–skip, eat, kicksnake–slither, bite,hisschicken–drink, eat,scratchfish–swim, eat,growdog–eat, bark, playhorse–gallop, grow,eatduck–swim, fly,quackfire–burn, heat,cookwheel–spin, turn,roll

2. Answers will vary.3. Answers will vary.

page 35(Answers will vary.)

a. sitting

b. throwingc. standingd. fallse. fliesf. growling

page 36a. toldb. cryc. sawd. swame. lickedf. washg. hoph. ate

page 37ate wentwashed watchbrushed saidput jumped

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a. washb. setc. baked. eate. openf. tellg. makeh. peel

page 39Answers will vary.

a. Lisa kicked the ball.b. The dog barked at

me.c. Our teacher told us

a story.d. The train arrived at

the station.e. The puppy chewed

the bone.f. The kangaroo

hopped over thefence.

g. Sally rang the bellfor play.

h. The bird flew intothe tree.

page 40a. is f. isb. are g. arec. are h. isd. are i. aree. is j. is

page 41a. was f. wereb. was g. werec. were h. wasd. was i. wase. were j. were

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a. ran

b. sat

c. jumped

d. ate

e. walked

f. rode

2. Answers will vary.

page 431.

a. like

b. saw

c. thought

d. believed

e. hated

f. think

2. Answers will vary.page 441.

a. hitsb. barksc. sitsd. sweepse. growf. swims

2.a. buysb. plantsc. scratchesd. jump

page 451.

a. playedb. brokec. ated. droppede. dugf. helped

2.a. rainedb. fellc. droved. bit

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a. eatb. bite

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