• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Action Verbs

• • Verbs tell what a person does, has, or is. An action verb tells what a person does.

  EXAMPLE

  Marie writes about her goal.

• • A complete predicate in a sentence often tells what the subject does. The verb is the most important word in the predicate.

  Sentence	Complete Predicate	Verb
  Marie writes about her goal.	writes about her goal	writes
  She dreams about traveling around the world.	dreams about traveling around the world	dreams

• • The verb has to agree with, or match, the subject. Add -s to the verb if the subject tells about one place, one thing, or one other person.

  EXAMPLES	Marie tells her sister.
  	The girls tell their mother.

Practice Together

Say each sentence with the correct verb.

• 1. Marie (read/reads) books about different countries.

• 2. She (plan/plans) many adventures.

• 3. Marie’s sister (help/helps) her plan.

• 4. The sisters (eat/eats) at different kinds of restaurants.

• 5. The girls (learn /learns) about many cultures.

Try It!

Read each sentence. Write the correct verb on a card. Then say the sentence with the correct verb.

• 6. The girls (discover/discovers) new ideas.

• 7. Their mother (help/helps) them make plans.

• 8. Marie (want/wants) to go far away.

• 9. Her sister (agree/agrees) with her.

• 10. Their friends (send/sends) them information, too.

A reader discovers new ideas.