English 2

Quarter 2 Week 7

Common Action Words

Action words are words that we use to portray an action or movement. Focusing on the actions made or portrayed, we can retell stories or conversations.

In this lesson, you are expected to identify common action words and use them in retelling stories, conversations, and the like.

Let us examine the pictures below.

Does each picture above portray an action?

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Can you identify what action is shown in each picture?

Identify the action portrayed or described in each picture. Choose from the options below. Write the letters of your answers in your notebook.

D. Learning Task 1:

Learning Task 1:

A. wash B. cook C. write D. cry

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Learning Task 1:

A. wash B. cook C. write D. cry

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Learning Task 1:

A. wash B. cook C. write D. cry

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Learning Task 1:

A. wash B. cook C. write D. cry

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Action words, also known as dynamic verbs, express actions or movement. These actions may be mental or physical.

The use of action words in a

sentence explains what the

subject does, did or will do.

ACTION WORDS

Let us examine the sample action words below.

paint

walk

ride

close

draw

jump

think

fall

write

cook

smile

bake

swim

swing

play

laugh

run

drive

open stand

crawl wash dance hop

Let us examine the sample action words below.

Let us study the following action words used in sentences.

Rita

Lorna

a story.

dances.

writes

Let us study the following action words used in sentences.

Dina

Alex

a cake.

plays

bakes

in the park

Let us study the following action words used in sentences.

Arlene

Adriana

well.

sings

dances

her favorite song.

Let us study the following action words used in sentences.

Barron

Arita

her masterpiece.

hops

draws

like a rabbit.

Using the given pictures below, complete the sentences by supplying the appropriate action words. Write your answers in your notebook.

E.Learning Task 2:

Learning Task 2:

takes helps paints washes cleans

1. Ramon __________ his first artwork.

Learning Task 2:

takes helps paints washes cleans

2. Celso __________ their backyard.

Learning Task 2:

takes helps paints washes cleans

3. Jayson _________ a bath.

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takes helps paints washes cleans

4. Angelina __________ her mother in washing their clothes.

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5. Lorenzo __________ their dishes.

Finish the story by supplying the appropriate action words. Choose from the options below. Write your answers in your notebook.

Learning Task 3:

I have a simple family. My father is a driver. He [1] _______ our old jeepney to earn a living. My mother [2] _______ our house. My sister [3] _______ her in doing different household chores. My brother [4] _______ our plants everyday. As the youngest, I always [5] ______ the dishes.

This is my simple yet happy family.

waters drives helps wash cleans

My Family

Using the story above as your pattern, tell a story about your own family. Write it in your notebook. Then, underline the action words used.

Learning Task 4:

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Learning Task 4:

In your notebook, complete the statements below by telling us the things you did last week. You may use your own chosen action words but you may also consider using the ones listed below. Then, encircle the action word used in each sentence.

Assimilation

Assimilation

watched ate sang wrote jumped

swam drank played visited heard

went cleaned washed prayed answered

Assimilation

watched ate sang wrote jumped

swam drank played visited heard

went cleaned washed prayed answered

Assimilation

watched ate sang wrote jumped

swam drank played visited heard

went cleaned washed prayed answered