teaching resource

Which Verb Is It? Worksheet

Updated: 29 Jul 2024

Practise past, present, and future verb tenses with this easy to implement worksheet.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 4

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>
VC2E4LA08

Understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence <ul> <li>understanding the tense that types of texts are commonly written in; for example, informative texts are usually written in present tense</li> <li>identifying the tense in texts they read</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Which Verb Is It? Worksheet

Updated: 29 Jul 2024

Practise past, present, and future verb tenses with this easy to implement worksheet.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 1 Page
Years: 3 - 4

Practise past, present, and future verb tenses with this easy to implement worksheet.

Learn Verb Tense

This worksheet has been created by a teacher to help with the teaching and learning of verb tense. This resource can be used as independent practice after a lesson or together as a whole-class activity in the middle of a lesson. Simply project the worksheet on the dry-erase board and work through the questions together. It also works well when slipped into a dry-erase sleeve and used as a reading center activity.

The following activities are included:

Match the verb with it’s correct tense.
Circle the verb tense that most accurately completes the sentence in four sentences.
Complete each sentence using a verb from a provided list. Each word can only be used once.

Using Verb Worksheets in the Classroom

While the traditional way to use worksheets is usually as independent work, they can really be as versatile as you need them to be, here’s a list of suggested ways to use this worksheet in the classroom:

Project the worksheet onto a smart board and get students to come up and match the verbs in the first activity.
Use the sentences provided on the worksheet as warm up activities that you write on the board.
Cut up the worksheet into bits and laminate it, these can then become individual activities students to complete in small group rotations.

Download and Use Today!

Use the drop-down menu to choose between the PDF or Google slides version. An answer key is included in the download.

This resource was created by Madison Schmalz, a 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>
VC2E4LA08

Understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence <ul> <li>understanding the tense that types of texts are commonly written in; for example, informative texts are usually written in present tense</li> <li>identifying the tense in texts they read</li> </ul>

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