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This quiz introduces children to Verbs (doing words). Elementary school children in their English and Literacy classes should be able to identify a verb in writing and when reading.
A verb is a doing word. It is a word that describes action and tells us that something is happening.
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A good way to know if a word is a verb is by asking yourself if you can do it. So, could you kick something? run? hit? table?
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Sunlight causes many people to sneeze.
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Laughing is considered a universal form of communicating. That means every person in the world, despite what language they speak, will know what laughing is and means.
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The trick to finding out which word is a verb is to say each word to somebody and if you expect a reaction, then it's a verb. If I say 'when' to you, you don't need to do anything but if I say 'stand' then you are expected to move.
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Many children think 'football' is a verb but it's not. If I say to you 'go football' you can't. You play football. Football is the game but the verb is 'to play'.
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The second answer is the only one without a verb or a word that involves action.
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Wrestling is one of the oldest forms of combat.
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Females tend to have more colds than males.
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The word 'enjoy' is also a verb. Snooker is played with twenty two balls.
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Walked, danced and slept are the verbs. Did you know that honeybees dance as a way to communicate?
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