Verbs are important as they help bring your writing to life.
Mark plays rugby. In this sentence, Mark is doing the action. He is playing rugby.
Kate texted Jon to ask what time they were meeting.
In this sentence Kate is the subject of the verb and the person doing the action. The action in this case is texting.
What action will Tom do in the sentence below? Tom will walk the dog tomorrow.
Understand
1. Find the verbs in the sentences below. (a) Alan and Hayley raced home from school. (b) Sean eats his dinner at 6 p.m. every day. (c) The dog barked all night long. (d) My granny hummed the song, as she didn’t know the lyrics. (e) Holly put the rubbish in the bin. (f) Fred teased his sister so much that she cried. (g) The cat meowed until Dad gave up and eventually fed her. (h) The girls laughed after they read the text.
2. Identify the verbs in the fi rst four paragraphs of ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’ on page 139? (Hint: the fi rst paragraph contains the verbs ‘sang’, ‘ticked’ and ‘repeating’.)
