Verbs: Mental Action vs Physical Action

What is the verb in the sentence?
She walked to the store last night.

• last
• She
• night
• walked

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Phillip reads a few pages everyday.

• every

• reads

• pages

• few

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Haley climbed the mountain on Friday.

• on

• the

• climbed

• mountain

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Percy collected many fine seashells on the beach.

• many

• fine

• collected

• on

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Harriet taught the class about training the dogs.

• about

• taught

• the

• class

What is the verb in the sentence below?

Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.

• painted

• for

• in

• many

Which one of these verbs expresses a mental action?

• Liz dances horribly

• She eats a lot.

• He cries at night.

• I consider it useful.

Which type of verb expresses a physical or mental activity?

• action verb
• helping verb
• linking verb
• noun

Which word is the action verb?
Gavin practiced soccer yesterday.

• practiced
• yesterday
• Gavin
• soccer

What do verbs do?

• They modify nouns or pronouns
• They express an action, condition, or state of being
• They modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• They are used in a place of a noun.