teaching resource

Cut and Paste Shades of Meaning Verb Sort

Updated: 13 Sep 2024

Engage your students in exploring subtle differences between verbs with this set of two cut and paste worksheets.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Curriculum

VC2E3LA07

Understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating <ul> <li>exploring ‘doing’ and ‘saying’ verbs in narrative texts to understand how they give information about what characters do and say</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘sensing’ verbs and how they allow readers to understand what characters think and feel, for example ‘He remembered his first day at school.’</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘relating’ verbs in constructing definitions and descriptions; for example, identifying the relating verb ‘is’ or ‘are’, ‘has’ or ‘have’ in descriptions of animals</li> <li>identifying different types of verbs and the way that they control meaning in a clause</li> </ul>
VC2E6LA06

Understand how the choice of verb, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups can expand and sharpen ideas <ul> <li>knowing that the simple present tense is typically used to talk about present states (for example, ‘He lives in Darwin.’) or actions that happen regularly in the present (for example, ‘He watches television every night.’) or that represent ‘timeless’ happenings, such as in informative reports (for example, ‘Bears hibernate in winter.’)</li> <li>knowing that there are various ways in English to refer to future time, such as using the auxiliary ‘will’ (for example, ‘She will call you tomorrow.’), using the present tense (for example, ‘Tomorrow, I leave for Hobart.’) and using adverbials of time (for example, ‘She arrives in the morning.’)</li> <li>using precise verbs (for example, ‘slice’, ‘dice’, ‘fillet’ and ‘segment’) rather than general words (for example, ‘cut’)</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Cut and Paste Shades of Meaning Verb Sort

Updated: 13 Sep 2024

Engage your students in exploring subtle differences between verbs with this set of two cut and paste worksheets.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 6

Engage your students in exploring subtle differences between verbs with this set of two cut and paste worksheets.

Verbs in Action: Sort, Paste, and Master the Shades of Meaning!

This set of two cut and paste worksheets has been created by a teacher to explore shades of meaning in verbs. Students are prompted to read the synonyms featured on each worksheet and then cut and paste them into the correct order with the added element of putting them in order from the weakest verb to the strongest verb.

For example: happy, cheerful, delighted

How to Use this Cut and Paste Worksheet in the Classroom

Here are a few ways you can use this worksheet in your classroom:

Use as an individual task for students to show their understanding of different shades of meaning in verbs.
Print it on a larger sheet and get students to work in small groups to complete the cut and paste worksheet discussing their choices.
Print and laminate this set and use it more as a sorting activity that can be used time and time again.
As a whole class, project the table onto the white board and give each student a word they need to stick their word on the white board in the correct spot.

How to Download this Resource

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This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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Curriculum

VC2E3LA07

Understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating <ul> <li>exploring ‘doing’ and ‘saying’ verbs in narrative texts to understand how they give information about what characters do and say</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘sensing’ verbs and how they allow readers to understand what characters think and feel, for example ‘He remembered his first day at school.’</li> <li>exploring the use of ‘relating’ verbs in constructing definitions and descriptions; for example, identifying the relating verb ‘is’ or ‘are’, ‘has’ or ‘have’ in descriptions of animals</li> <li>identifying different types of verbs and the way that they control meaning in a clause</li> </ul>
VC2E6LA06

Understand how the choice of verb, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups can expand and sharpen ideas <ul> <li>knowing that the simple present tense is typically used to talk about present states (for example, ‘He lives in Darwin.’) or actions that happen regularly in the present (for example, ‘He watches television every night.’) or that represent ‘timeless’ happenings, such as in informative reports (for example, ‘Bears hibernate in winter.’)</li> <li>knowing that there are various ways in English to refer to future time, such as using the auxiliary ‘will’ (for example, ‘She will call you tomorrow.’), using the present tense (for example, ‘Tomorrow, I leave for Hobart.’) and using adverbials of time (for example, ‘She arrives in the morning.’)</li> <li>using precise verbs (for example, ‘slice’, ‘dice’, ‘fillet’ and ‘segment’) rather than general words (for example, ‘cut’)</li> </ul>

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