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00:00This is going to be a great time. Today we are going to talk about action verbs.
00:07So as we mentioned earlier, today we are going to talk about action verbs, which sounds exciting because it is exciting.
00:16Well, first things first. What is an action verb? Huh. What is an action verb?
00:26The truth is, in order to understand what an action verb is, you have to understand what a noun is.
00:35Remember, a noun is a person, place, or thing. A person like a teacher, a place like a gas station, or a thing like an alarm clock.
00:48If it's a person, place, or thing, it's a noun.
00:54Okay, so what is an action verb? Well, action verbs are words that tell you what nouns do.
01:04Oh, it's so cool. We'll say it again. Action verbs are words that tell you what nouns do. And we'll give you some examples.
01:16Alright, now we're going to look at some action verbs for the nouns we just saw.
01:21Remember, action words are words that tell you what nouns do.
01:25So our first one, what do teachers do? What does this teacher do?
01:31Yeah, he teaches. Teaches is a good action verb. It's what this noun does, what this teacher does.
01:39What else does this teacher do? This teacher helps. Yeah.
01:47Alright, on to the gas station. What does a gas station do?
01:52Well, a gas station sells, doesn't it? It sells gasoline and other things.
01:57What else does a gas station do? What's another action verb for a gas station?
02:02Well, a gas station fuels. The gas station fuels your car. Fuels is an action verb.
02:10Great, let's try the alarm clock. What does an alarm clock do?
02:16What are some action verbs that describe what an alarm clock does?
02:21Well, an alarm clock ticks, doesn't it? Tick, tick, tick, tick. That's one action verb for an alarm clock.
02:30Another action verb, let me give you a hint. This is what an alarm clock does when you need to wake up.
02:37What does an alarm clock do when you need to wake up?
02:41It rings, yeah. An action verb is rings.
02:50Action verbs describe what nouns do. A teacher teaches and helps.
02:55A gas station sells and fuels. And an alarm clock ticks and rings.
03:03Huh, let's think of some more real life examples of action verbs.
03:11Awesome, here's a picture of a rat. Pretty cute for a rat. Most people think mice are cute. Mice are cute too.
03:18Rats can be cute, just so you understand. Now, what does this rat do in the picture?
03:24What is the action verb? What does this rat do?
03:29Yeah, this rat eats. Great job. Eats is the action verb.
03:35It's describing what this noun does. What does this rat do?
03:40This rat eats. Eats is the action verb.
03:45Let's look at this picture. What does this dog do in the picture?
03:50What does this dog do? What's the action verb?
03:55Yeah, this dog runs. The action verb for this picture is runs. This dog runs.
04:08Cool, let's look at this one. What does this lady do in the picture?
04:15What does this lady do? What is the action verb?
04:21Uh-huh, this lady reads. Reads is the action verb. Good job.
04:31Wow, look at this. What does this man do in the picture?
04:36What's the action verb? What does this man do?
04:42Uh-huh, yeah, this man swims. Swims is the action verb. Awesome.
04:54Action verbs are words that tell us what nouns do.
05:01All right, you're ready. You're ready. You might not feel like it. You're ready.
05:05You know this action verb stuff. You're doing a great job.
05:08Let's play the action verb game. Yes.
05:15Okay, so here's how we play the action verb game.
05:17We're going to show you a sentence and you tell us which word you think is the action verb.
05:23Let's get started.
05:26Okay, here's our first one.
05:28The little girl sang.
05:32The little girl sang.
05:35Which word is the action verb?
05:41Yeah, sang. Sang is the action verb because it tells us what the noun does. Good job.
05:55Let's try this one.
05:56He speaks to his mother. He speaks to his mother.
06:02Which word is the action verb?
06:09Uh-huh, speaks. Speaks is the action verb.
06:14It's the word that tells us what the noun does. The noun, he speaks. Speaks is the action verb. Good job.
06:27Okay, let's look at this one now.
06:29They grow flowers. They grow flowers. Which word is the action verb?
06:39You've got the hang of this. Awesome. Grow. Grow is the action verb.
06:45It's the word that tells us what the noun does. Good job.
06:53Okay, the last one.
06:55The kids watch homeschool pop.
07:01This is a cool one. I know. I know.
07:04The kids watch homeschool pop. Which word is the action verb?
07:13Yeah, watch is the action verb.
07:20We fly. Fly is an action verb. It's what I do.
07:26Oh, what do you do? What are some action verbs that can describe what you're doing?
07:31Oh my goodness. Do you run? Do you read? Do you eat? Do you sleep? Do you fly like an eagle?
07:40What do you do? Action verbs tell us what we do.
07:45They say what nouns do and it's exciting and it's fun.
07:49It's full of action and we hope you learned a lot.
07:52Hope to see you next time.