1. Action Verbs

2. Students will:  Identify action verbs

3.  The main word in the predicate is the verb.  Most verbs are action verbs.  An action verb shows what the subject does or did.  Example: › The ball flew over the plate. › Jill pitches the ball. › Roberto swings the bat. › Roberto ran to first base.

4.  People admire Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson as an all round athlete.  At sixteen she joined an excellent women’s basketball team.  She scored a hundred points in one game!  During that same period, she won medals as a swimmer.

5.  She also set records as a figure skater.  Didrikson entered many track and field events.  In the 1932 Olympics, she captured three medals.  Sports reporters named her the greatest woman athlete.

6.  He watches games on television.  Jack writes about sports for the school newspaper.  His news stories cover different kinds of events.  One of his stories described a bicycle race.

7.  One of his stories cover different kinds of events.  The cyclist raced around the track many times.  In another event, runners jumped over hurdles.

8.  Team sports excite Sally.  Last night he went to a hockey game.  The goalie missed an important shot.  Norman describes the exciting details in his article.

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