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Everything 2nd Graders Need to Know About Verbs

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Teaching verbs in 2nd grade can be SUPER fun! There are so many engaging resources and activities that can be used to help students master this skill. Check out this post for engaging verbs resources that are meaningful and ready to use!

What are Verbs?

Let’s start by defining verbs. If you look up verb in the dictionary, it says: a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence. There are three main types of verbs: action verbs, helping verbs and linking verbs.

Verb Examples

Check out these examples of each type of verb to help your students (and you) gain a better understanding of the verb types.

a) Action Verbs

The action verb is the type students are mostly likely familiar with. Action verbs describe what someone or something does. Here are some examples:

• jump
• sit
• run
• walk
• think
• read
• sleep

b) Helping Verbs

Helping verbs help the main verb describe the action. Examples:

• am
• could
• have
• are
• was
• had
• would
• were

c) Linking Verbs

Linking verbs describe a condition. You could say they link a subject to a noun or adjective in a sentence. Here are some examples:

• is
• am
• are
• was
• being
• been
• were

Bonus: Check out this post, Teaching Linking Verbs to dig into this grammar skill!

d) Irregular Verbs

These are verbs that don’t follow the “-ed” pattern when in the past tense. Examples:

• wear-wore
• feel-felt
• draw-drew
• fly-flew
• speak-spoke
• catch-caught
• do-did

To find out WAY more information on irregular verbs, head to this post: 5 Resources for Teaching Irregular Plural Nouns & Irregular Verbs.

Introduction: Types of Verbs Anchor Chart

Using anchor charts does just what the name says: it anchors learning! Using a chart similar to the one below can help students differentiate types of verbs PLUS be able to identify verbs and use them in their writing.

Resources for Teaching Verbs in 2nd Grade

Okay, but you are still wondering how to teach verbs? The following resources can help with that PLUS help you figure out how to explain verbs to your students!

Books

Using picture books is a surefire way to get students engaged in a lesson. Why not use them to introduce verbs too? Check out these great reads. Note: The following are Amazon Affiliate links.

1-Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp-Brian P. Cleary

As you can tell just by the title, students will love this book. Ha! Brian Cleary’s grammar books give great examples of skills and his verb book does NOT disappoint!

Slide & Slurp, Scratch & Burp on Amazon

2-Press Here-Herve Tullet

Are you ready for your students to have fun?! This book has students using action verbs to read the story! A fun extension activity would be students writing their own “Press Here” books using action verbs on each page!

Press Here on Amazon

3-If You Were a Verb-Michael Dahl

Michael Dahl also has a great series with each book featuring a different grammar skill. His verb book features TONS of verbs on each page. Extension activity: create a class chart of all the verbs from the book.

If You Were a Verb on Amazon

Videos

We all know students love a video hook during lessons! Here are some valuable videos to teach verbs!

1-Understanding Action Verbs-Grammar Songs By Melissa

This video gives a quick intro on what action verbs are AND provides a quiz (find the verb in the sentence) at the end.

2-Introducing Linking Verbs-Grammar Songs by Melissa

This video will offer a great introduction to linking verbs.

3-Helping Verbs-Grammar Songs by Melissa

Might as well use this whole series of videos! This last video helps students understand what a helping verb is, in song format.

Printable & Digital Resources for Teaching Verbs in 2nd Grade

Now that you have taught the lessons, made the anchor chart, read the books, watched the videos, it is time for students to practice verbs! Below are some tried and true, teacher & student loved resources!

1-Identifying Verbs Toothy

This resource helps students identify verbs. PLUS they get to draw teeth!

Download Identifying Verbs Toothy HERE

2-Irregular Verbs Toothy

The great thing about Toothy is that once students know how to play it, they can practice ANY skill! Check out this next featured Toothy kit: Irregular Verbs Toothy.

Download Irregular Verbs Toothy HERE

3-Verbs in a Sentence Toothy

The last Toothy kit to share today helps students practice how to use verbs in sentences.

Download Verbs in a Sentence Toothy HERE

4-Grammar Toothy Freebie

Do all these Toothy sets sound too good to be true? See ALL Grammar Toothy sets here!

Download Grammar Toothy HERE

How to Teach Other 2nd Grade Grammar Skills:

Is it time for a new concept in grammar? We have a post for that!

1st Grade Review

Nouns 

Verbs (You are HERE)

Common & Proper Nouns

Types of Sentences

Capitalization

Commas

Compound Words

Complete Sentences

Contractions

ABC Order

Verb Tenses

Linking Verbs

Irregular Plural Nouns & Irregular Verbs

Punctuation

Possessive Nouns

Abbreviations

Comparative Endings

Adjectives

Antonyms & Synonyms

Pronouns

Subject-Verb Agreement

Collective Nouns

Articles

Demonstrative Pronouns

Adverbs

Multiple-Meaning Words

Prepositional Phrases

Shades of Meaning-Verbs & Adjectives

Similes & Metaphors

Homophones

Happy Teaching!

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List of Verbs for Kids

A verb is a word that conveys ACTION, OCCURRENCE, or STATE OF BEING. Verbs are needed to form complete sentences or questions. In a sentence, a verb works as the main component of the predicate, the part of a sentence that indicates what the subject (person or thing) is or does. The three main types of verbs are action verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs. Unlike most of the other parts of speech, verbs change their form. Pair our lists of verbs for kids with our fun verb online games for engaging practice!

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Verbs Tenses

A verb tense shows when the action in the sentence takes place. In English, there are a total of 12 verb tenses, as well as conditional tenses that indicate when an action may or may not happen.

The three main tenses on lists of verbs for kids are:

• Past – an action has already happened
• Present – an action is currently happening
• Future – an action will happen at a later time

Verbs are conjugated to communicate details, such as person, number, gender, tense or mood. The following table shows the verb “walk” conjugated to the three main verb forms with the subject being “I”.

A verb like “walk” is a regular verb because it follows set rules when conjugated (adding -ed to indicate past tense, for example). Irregular verbs, however, are verbs that do not follow the rules for changing tense. For instance,the verb “sing” is an irregular verb. It does not follow the rule for past tense verbs as “sanged,” but rather as the irregular conjugation “sang.”

Types of Verbs

Not all verbs serve the same function. Verbs fall into three basic categories: action, linking, and helping.

Action Verbs

Action verbs describe something that a person, animal, thing, or force of nature can do. Verbs like run or jump are examples of action verbs.

Linking Verbs

Linking verbs do not describe an action, but tell about the state or condition of subjects. They link the subject with either a noun that renames it or an adjective that describes it. For example, the word “am” in the sentence “I am tall” describes the subject. There are some action verbs that function as linking verbs, such as grow. In the sentence “He grows tired,” the verb describes the subject rather than an action, so it works as a linking verb. Below are a list of other linking verbs.

Helping Verbs

Helping verbs do not express action, and they cannot stand alone in a sentence without another verb present. They are part of verb phrases that “help” the main verb. Helping verbs define the tense (past, present, future) or change the meaning of the main verb. The verb “will” functions as a linking verb in the sentence “He will eat” because it helps the main verb “eat” and indicated a future tense. Some common helping verbs:

The following table shows 50 common English verbs conjugated in the past, present, and future tense using the subject “I.” These are commonly found on lists of verbs for kids.

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English Grade 2 verb to be

The verb to be, which translates to "to be", is very important in English.

Many sentences are built using this verb.

The verb to be must be known, at a good level and easy to apply.

Conjugation of the verb to be

To conjugate a verb means to change it according to persons. Let's see how the verb to be is conjugated by faces.

I am [aɪ æm] “ay um” – I am;

he is [hiː ɪz] “hee from” – he is;

she is [ʃiː ɪz] “soup from” – she is;

it is [ɪt ɪz] “it from” – it is;

we are [wiː ɑː] “ui a” – we are;

you are [juː ɑː] “you are” – you are;

they are [ðeɪ ɑː] “zay a” – they are

Learn by heart the conjugation of the verb to be. Without knowing the conjugation of the verb to be, it will be very difficult for you to further study English.

to be – verb link

The verb to be is often used as a linking verb.

Examples of the verb to be:

In the example "am" is a linking verb. The sentence I am a boy literally translates "I am a boy", the verb "am" ("to eat") and is a linking verb.

In Russian, the linking verb is usually not used, but in English it is mandatory.

Other examples of the verb to be:

He is a boy. He is a boy.
(literally translated "He is a boy.")

She is a girl. She is a girl.
(literally translated "He is a boy.")

It is a book. This is a book.
(literally translated "It is a book.")

We are children. We are children.
(literally translated "We are children")

You are children. You are children.
(literally translated "You are children.")

They are children. They are children.
(literally translated "They are children.")

Read these examples over and over. Make it easy to read.

Lesson 2. English verbs. We build the first proposals.

In English, as well as in Russian, there are verbs, i.e. words naming actions: live, eat, sleep, etc. Remember a few English verbs:

live [live] - live
eat [it] - eat, eat
sleep [slip] - sleep
speak [speak] - speak

Listen to how they should be pronounced:

live
eat
sleep
speak

Since we learned English personal pronouns in the previous lesson, we can now combine them with the verbs we learned in this lesson. Here's what happens:

I live. - I live.
I eat. - I eat.
I sleep. - I'm sleeping.
I speak. - I say.

Here's how your first sentences sound in English:

I live.
I eat.
I sleep.

Congratulations! You have learned how to build the first and very simple English sentences. It's really very simple: you just need to put the pronoun and the verb together.

Try to say in English: We live. We are sleeping. They're eating. You are eating. You speak. They live.

However, in English sentences there is one small but very important feature: when verbs are combined with the pronouns he (he), she (she), it (he, she, it), the ending -s should be added to the verb:

He lives. [hi lives] - He lives.
She eats. [shi its] - She eats.
It speaks. [it spiks] - He (she, it) speaks.

Here is how these sentences should be pronounced in English:

He lives.
She eats.
It speaks.

In some cases, not just -s, but -es is added, but for now, you don’t need to go in cycles in this subtlety.

How are the verbs speak, live, sleep, eat translated?

In what cases is the ending -s or -es added to the verb?

We study English verbs (2 - 4 class) Part 1

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Presentation description by individual slides:

This presentation will help students at the initial stage of learning English verbs from grades 2-4. It can also be used in other classes for repetition.

Each verb is accompanied by an interesting photo.

The presentation uses these verbs: go - go, do - do, read - read, write - write, draw - draw, run - run, eat - eat, drink - drink, cook - cook, study - study, work - work, live - live.

After reading the presentation, a test is offered to practice these verbs. As well as the translation of sentences from Russian into English using these verbs.

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Lesson of the Russian language in grade 2 on the topic: "Verb"

Scenario plan lesson in Russian in the 2nd grade

Theme. "What is a verb?". (EMC "School Russia")

Lesson type: opening new knowledge.

Target : introduce part of speech - the verb, its distinctive features.

Tasks:

deepen students' ideas about the role in our language of words denoting actions items;

teach students to find verbs in the text; :

bring up sense of camaraderie, ability to work in a team.

know norms of speech etiquette when addressing adults.

Display material:

magnetic board, cards, computer, projector.

Lesson progress

1. Organizational torque

2. Update knowledge

Working with a proverb.

- I want today's lesson start with a proverb.

Warehouse №1

/Every day of life adds a piece of wisdom to us/

- How do you understand the meaning proverbs?

- What do you think, is it possible to immediately be born wise?

- You can't be born wise right away, because in order to become wise, you need to know a lot, to possess great life experience, to become an adult. . You guys still have a lot to do learn and learn a lot.

Open notebooks, write down the number Classwork. Let's start our lesson with a minute calligraphy.

- The letter we are going to write today is lost.

Read the words and think what letter it is.

Uch.nick, cash, t.trad, l.aunt, m.dved.

- Describe the sound indicated by this letter.

- Write it down on a new line, following the pattern.

- On a new line, copy the words from the board, put the accent, and underline the missing letter.

- Read the stressed words.

3. Self-determination for activity.

- Look at the words. Find the excess.

- Why is it superfluous?

- How was it determined that are these words nouns?

- What do you know about the name noun?

• What does it mean?
• What questions does it answer?
• What are nouns?
• Give animate names nouns.

4. Setting the topic and goals lesson.

- The word fly can be called noun? Why?

- What part of speech is this?

What question does it answer?

- What does it mean?

- Is it possible to manage in our life without verbs?

- Why do we need them?

- Relive the text

Spring. Snow. In the forest in the trees leaflets. Green grass. Nest birds. Hedgehog in a hole.

- What will we talk about at the lesson? Formulate the topic and objectives of the lesson.

- The verb is part of speech that denotes the action of an object. Why does this part speech such a name?

It turns out that in Old Russian there was a word to speak - to speak. The part of speech that denotes action subject, called a verb, because she tells, “says” about the subject: what he does what he did or what he will do

Teacher. - Open the textbook p. 68, let's analyze exercise. 116.

- Look at the pictures.

What is the boy doing? name words denoting the action of the subject.

(WASHING, WATERING, WASHING, READING)

- What question do these the words?

-WHAT IS IT DOING?

- Which part of speech they are relate? (VERB)

Guys, let's try to give definition of "WHAT IS A VERB?"

- And now, compare with rule in the textbook, did you give the definition correctly?

Children read the rule in the textbook.

-We will make an offer for any drawing.

-Let's write one sentence in notebook and underline the main parts of the sentence.

(The boy is washing the dishes.)

-What part of speech is expressed subject? (n.)

-What part of speech is expressed predicate? (ch.)

5 . Work on the topic of the lesson

1) - How recognize verbs in speech?

- Let's make an algorithm. What is an algorithm?

-You have cards on your desks, on which the actions of the algorithm are printed. Arrange the cards in the correct order. (on the card desks)

1. Put by the word question

2. Find out what it is stands for

3. Determine the part of speech

2) Independent work.

Printed on screen poem:

- Read the poem.

Snowdrifts are melting.

The blizzards subsided.

In the garden grove

Rooks have arrived.

-Write out the verbs from the text, exchange notebooks, check: did your friend cope with the task, evaluate his work.

- Name the verbs, prove.

2. Work in groups

The table is distributed (see. application), children must add words to the table, determine which part speeches they are and explain.

Application.

you know exactly how birds and animals scream, growl and sing, so I think it’s easy cope with the exercise in the textbook (p. 69, exercise 118)