In this article we are going to talk about verbs and actions. This topic is related to the sports lesson.
It is very useful a brainstorming before starting. Which actions or verbs do you know? What are your favourite activities? What are you doing at the moment?
Which actions or verbs do appear in the following videos?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejWJBTUDIoU&feature=youtu.be
If you want to continue learning about activities, watch this video!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g_17uDU3_uY&feature=youtu.be
Can you match the right activities with the pictures?
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/actions-1
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/actions-2
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/actions-3
Other online games you can do:
https://www.eslgamesplus.com/action-verbs/
Try to discover the hidden actions in this Youtube presentation. Good luck!
https://games4esl.com/esl-classroom-games/action-verbs-game/
Here you have different flashcards to play games. You can draw the pictures If you haven’t got a printer.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/flashcards/actions-flashcards
Paint the squares with the actions you can do inside the house.
| jump | run | walk | dance | cook | read | watch tv |
| listen to music | swim | play tennis | wash the dishes | climb | play basketball | ski |
| play computer games | talk to friends | talk to your family | sit down on the sofa | wash the dishes | snorkel | do karate |
What can you do? In these presentations, songs and videos you can learn new verbs and actions. Which ones are new for you?
You can also play a mime game with these actions. You choose one and perform the action while your family try to guess what you are doing.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4c6FyuetSVo&feature=youtu.be
This is a poem about what animal can’t do. Dogs can’t ski. Snakes can’t fly. You can continue If you want.
Click on the games you can find on the orange rectangles.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/poems/do-you-ever-wonder
Here you can have access on the worksheet: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/poems-do-you-ever-wonder-worksheet.pdf
Check the solution:
Now you have the opportunity to ask your family what they can or can’t do. In the first column you put your names and then you put a tick or a cross depending on the answer.
Moreover, I recommend this song:
There is another song. What can this girl do? Listen to the grammar chant and find out! Can you hear the modals can and can’t in the chant?
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-chants/i-can-paint
Click here to do the worksheet: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/grammar-chants-i-can-paint-worksheet.pdf
Here you have the solutions: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/grammar-chants-i-can-paint-answers.pdf
Match the animals with the right actions. What can they do?
Make sentences: Monkeys can climb but they can’t fly.
| JUMP | FLY | CLIMB | RUN | SWIM | |
| MONKEYS | |||||
| TIGERS | |||||
| PENGUINS | |||||
| FISH | |||||
| CAMELS |
Now let’s watch another pumkin video about abilities. We already saw it. It’s one of my favourites!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScUb08F7os&feature=youtu.be
This is another board game you can do. Throw the die and each time you land on a square you try to find the right verb.
Here you have the solutions for the game:
You can put the verbs into contexts by dictations.
Can you match the verbs with the right objects in order to make a sentence? Of course, you can!
| TELEVISION | A BOOK | A CAR | A HORSE | A PICTURE | A FILM | A PIZZA | A BIKE | A MOUNTAIN | |
| DRIVE | |||||||||
| READ | |||||||||
| COOK | |||||||||
| WRITE | |||||||||
| CLIMB | |||||||||
| RIDE | |||||||||
| WATCH | |||||||||
| DRAW | |||||||||
| EAT |
In this video you will learn more verbs. Perform the actions, draw them or just enjoy the video!
Finally, Pollock was the master of action painting. In these videos you can learn more from the author and we can paint like him.
