Action verbs show an action. They are words that show the state of doing something. These are the most common verb forms. Action verbs need "s" at the end of the word when using with "he", "she", or it". "S" is not needed at the end of the action word with "I", "you", "they", or "we".
Action verbs| He, She, and It | I, You, and They |
| He walks to school. | I walk to school. |
| He lives in a house. | I live in a house. |
| She writes stories. | You write stories. |
| She drives to work. | You drive to work. |
| It floats on water. | They float on water. |
| It swims in the ocean. | We swim in the ocean. |
- He exercises every morning.
- He likes baseball.
- She plays the piano.
- He cooks every weekend.
- It works well.
- It swims in the ocean.
- I eat meat.
- I study at the library.
- You speak a different language.
- You drink milk.
- They sing at church.
- They sleep early.
- We work in an office.
- We play in the backyard.
Action verbs can be turned into negative sentences.Negative sentences need "do not" or "does not" before the action verb. When using "does not" or "do not", the action verb does not need "s" at the end of the word.
- He does not walk to school.
- He does not live in a house.
- She does not write stories.
- She does not drive to work.
- It does not float on water.
- It does not swim in the ocean.
- I do not eat meat.
- I do not study at the library.
- You do not speak a different language.
- You do not drink milk.
- They do not sing at church.
- They do not sleep early.
- We do not work in an office.
- We do not play in the backyard.
Action verbs can be turned into questions or interrogative sentences.Interrogative sentences begin with "do" or "does". They always end with a question mark (?). Use "does" before "he", "she", and it". Use "do" before "I", "you", "they", and "we".
| He, She, and It | I, You, and They |
Does he walk to school?
Does he live in a house?
Does she write stories? | Do I need a map?
Do I hear a bird?
Do you speak a different language? |
Does she drive to work?
Does it float on water?
Does it swim in the ocean? | Do you drink milk?
Do they sleep early?
Do we need to go home? |
Directions: Is the sentence correct or incorrect
1) He sings in a band.
2) He does not sings in a band.
3) She eat breakfast every morning.
4) She does not eat breakfast every morning.
5) It scares my dog.
6) It does not scares my dog.
7) I works in a restaurant.
8) I does not work in a restaurant.
9) You lives alone.
10) You do not live alone.
11) They build houses.
12) They do not builds houses.
13) We clean office buildings.
14) We do not clean office buildings.
15) I cooks dinner every night.
16) I do not cook dinner every night.
Directions: Write in the answer to each question using the word "not".
1) Do you ride the bus?
____________________
2) Do they like art?
____________________
3) Does it run on fuel?
____________________
4) Does she watch soccer?
____________________
5) Does he speak English?
____________________
Quiz 1 Answers
1) a. Correct
2) b. Incorrect
3) b. Incorrect
4) a. Correct
5) a. Correct
6) b. Incorrect
7) b. Incorrect
8) b. Incorrect
9) b. Incorrect
10) a. Correct
11) a. Correct
12) b. Incorrect
13) a. Correct
14) a. Correct
15) b. Incorrect
16) a. Correct
Quiz 2 Answers
1) I do not ride the bus.
2) They do not like art.
3) It does not run on fuel.
4) She does not watch soccer.
5) He does not speak English.
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