Grade 1 Fall — Sentence Mechanics, Noun-Verb Grammar, and the Three Text Types in Full Sentences
English · GR G1 eng.g1.f.gr.verbs_introduce

Identify and produce verbs (action words)

Recognize that a verb is an action word. Identify verbs in spoken and written sentences. Generate verbs that match a noun.

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
20
Typical minutes
20
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.g1.s.gr.verb_tense_present_past
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  • eng.g2.f.gr.verb_tense_future
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Common misconceptions
  • Confusing adjectives with verbs ('happy' as verb)
  • Missing 'state of being' verbs (is, are, was) — G1 difficult
  • Confusing nouns of action with verbs ('running' as which?)

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
1 Pull a verb card from the deck and act it out. Classmates guess. act out
3 Circle the verb in each: (1) The bird sings loudly. (2) A horse runs fast. (3) My dog barks. (4) The wind blows. identify in sentence
3 Make this fragment into a complete sentence: 'Ran very fast.' fragment fix