6. ONow Look at the pictures and
and sentences given…….
READ WRITE
EAT
RUN
SWI
M
7. The goats are jumping over the fence The boys are running.
The peacocks danced in the rain
8. FROM THE EXAMPLES WE CAN SAY THAT
The action verbs are those which
indicate some action performed
deliberately by a ‘doer’.
ACTION VERBS
9. Now compare these sentences with the verbs in the
following :
Raj is sick.
Mary looks tired.
10. No action is indicated by the
verbs ‘is’ and ‘looks’ in the
above sentences . In other
words no action or activity
is performed. Hence these
are known as NON-
ACTION VERBS.
11. ACTIVITY
Identify the action verbs and non-action verbs from
the following.
swim , dance, write, sleep, talk , eat
O Action verbs O Non-action verbs