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Year 2 English — Action words

Find the word that tells you what someone is doing.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each sentence to the missing action word.

    • We ___ food.
    • We ___ water.
    • We ___ a song.
    • We ___ a book.
    • read
    • eat
    • drink
    • sing

  2. 2.Which word is an action word?

    • a) jump
    • b) under
    • c) chair
    • d) red

  3. 3.Which word is an action word?

    • a) swim
    • b) milk
    • c) tall
    • d) door

  4. 4.Which part of the body do we use?

    Groups: Legs · Hands

    • run
    • hold
    • write
    • clap
    • kick
    • walk

  5. 5.Sort each word.

    Groups: Action word · Naming word

    • bird
    • eat
    • sing
    • cup
    • tree
    • swim

  6. 6.Which word is NOT an action word?

    • a) sleep
    • b) sing
    • c) chair
    • d) swim

  7. 7.In "The boy runs fast", which word is the action word?

    • a) The
    • b) fast
    • c) runs
    • d) boy

  8. 8.Write the action word in this sentence: "She opens the door."

Answer key — Year 2 English — Action words

  1. 1. We ___ food. → eat; We ___ water. → drink; We ___ a song. → sing; We ___ a book. → read
  2. 2. a) jump
  3. 3. a) swim
  4. 4. run → Legs; walk → Legs; kick → Legs; clap → Hands; write → Hands; hold → Hands
  5. 5. swim → Action word; eat → Action word; sing → Action word; cup → Naming word; tree → Naming word; bird → Naming word
  6. 6. c) chair
  7. 7. c) runs
  8. 8.
    • opens
    • open