VERBO - Education Place® · VERBO Objective To identify action verbs and linking verbs Players 3...
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VERBO Objective To identify action verbs and linking verbs Players 3 or 4 You will need Tagboard or construction paper, pencils, paper or cloth bag Before playing • Copy the VERBO grid shown. In each space, write one of the following: action—transitive, action—intransitive, or linking. (Each heading will be written eight times, in any order, on the grid.) • Cut out paper squares to cover the spaces on the VERBO grid. • Write 24 sentences (samples shown) on construction paper-strips and precede each sentence with V, E, R, B, or O. Use each letter five times, except R, which will be used four times. Place the sentence strips in a bag. • Choose a leader. Scoring The first player to cover a row wins. If several rounds are played, the winner of each round receives ten points, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Blackline Master Grade 7 Unit 3: Verbs Name How to play 1. The leader draws a sentence strip out of the bag, calls out the VERBO letter, and reads the sentence. 2. Players decide whether the verb is a linking verb, a transitive action verb, or an intransitive action verb. They then check the VERBO grid to see if they have a matching space. If so, players write the verb on a paper square and place it over the space. For example, suppose the leader reads: “V — I am hungry.” If a player has a space in the V column labeled linking, he or she writes am on a paper square and places it over the space. 3. The leader continues reading sentence strips until one player covers all the spaces in a row and calls “VERBO!” A row may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. The leader checks the winner’s card to make sure all the verbs were identified correctly. V E R B O free space V I am hungry. E Lemons taste sour. Sample Sentences 1. Bark feels rough. 2. Jill slams the door. 3. No one replies. 4. We arrive on time. 5. Al finishes last. 6. I remain calm. 7. Mom sends an e-mail. 8. Whales are huge. 9. Chili smells spicy. 10. Take your coat. 11. You notice the sign. 12. He knows her name. 13. Dad prepares lunch. 14. Joe forgets his keys. 15. Tigers roam freely. 16. We clap loudly. 17. Kittens are playful. 18. Do not run inside. 19. The lake freezes. 20. The dog seems sad.
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VERBOObjectiveTo identify action verbs and linking verbs
Players 3 or 4
You will needTagboard or construction paper, pencils, paper or cloth bag
Before playing • Copy the VERBO grid shown.
In each space, write one of thefollowing: action—transitive,action—intransitive, or linking.(Each heading will be written eighttimes, in any order, on the grid.)
• Cut out paper squares to cover thespaces on the VERBO grid.
• Write 24 sentences (samples shown)on construction paper-strips andprecede each sentence with V, E, R,B, or O. Use each letter five times,except R, which will be used four times. Place the sentence strips in abag.
• Choose a leader.
ScoringThe first player to cover a row wins. If several rounds are played, the winner of each roundreceives ten points, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Blackline Master Grade 7 Unit 3: Verbs
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How to play 1. The leader draws a sentence strip out of
the bag, calls out the VERBO letter, andreads the sentence.
2. Players decide whether the verb is alinking verb, a transitive action verb, oran intransitive action verb. They thencheck the VERBO grid to see if theyhave a matching space. If so, playerswrite the verb on a paper square andplace it over the space. For example,suppose the leader reads: “V — I am
hungry.” If a player has a space in the Vcolumn labeled linking, he or she writesam on a paper square and places it overthe space.
3. The leader continues reading sentencestrips until one player covers all thespaces in a row and calls “VERBO!” A row may be horizontal, vertical, ordiagonal. The leader checks the winner’scard to make sure all the verbs wereidentified correctly.
V E R B O
freespace
V I am hungry. E Lemons taste sour.
Sample Sentences1. Bark feels rough.2. Jill slams the door.3. No one replies.4. We arrive on time.5. Al finishes last.6. I remain calm.7. Mom sends an
e-mail.8. Whales are huge.9. Chili smells spicy.
10. Take your coat.
11. You notice the sign.12. He knows her name.13. Dad prepares lunch.14. Joe forgets his keys.15. Tigers roam freely.16. We clap loudly.17. Kittens are playful.18. Do not run inside.19. The lake freezes.20. The dog seems
sad.
