Action Verbs for ESL Teachers | 8 Awesome Interactives

Check out our variety of resources with Action Verbs for ESL Teachers. See below for more information.

What are Action Verbs?

An action verb is a verb that describes an action. Some common examples are run, kick, jump, eat, etc. Action verbs are very common in English and it’s important to use them in the right way and at the right time. Our interactive games can help teachers to reinforce what they have taught when it comes to action verbs. Or teachers can use things like our presentations or videos to help teach action verbs and then use some interactive games like the maze chase game or the gameshow to reinforce what they have taught in a fun way. We designed these action verbs for ESL teachers activities to be fun and engaging.

Action Verbs for ESL Teachers | Examples

Verb – to talk

Verb Tense	Affirmative (+)	Negative (-)	Interrogative (?)
Present Simple	I drive They/We/You drive He/She/It drives	I don’t drive They/We/You don’t drive He/She/It doesn’t drive	Do I drive? Do they/we/you drive? Does he/she/it drive?
Present Continuous	I am driving They/We/You are driving She/He/It is driving	I’m not driving They/We/You aren’t driving She/He/It isn’t driving	Am I driving? Are they/we/you driving? Is she/he/it driving?
Past Simple	I drove They/We/You drove She/He/It drove	I didn’t drive They/We/You didn’t drive She/He/It didn’t drive	Did I drive? Did they/we/you drive? Did she/he/it drive?

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Why we created Action Verbs for ESL Teachers

Firstly, we designed these action verbs resources for English ESL teachers so that they can use them with their students. At Sanook English, we are teachers and we use these videos, games and activities ourselves. We have an every growing variety of interactives. Secondly, these Action verbs for ESL teachers activities can be used for online practice, distance learning, asynchronous learning, home schooling, or for English classroom teaching.

ESL Games | Action Verbs for ESL Teachers

We have included an action verb slideshow presentation much like a PowerPoint presentation but ours is completely interactive. Students will have to select answers as they navigate through the presentation.

We have designed a memory matching game. This is a classic memory game but we have included bright pictures and sounds. It can help with listening and phonics.

We have a gameshow quiz much like “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” It’s a fun game with choices, timers and an exciting bonus round. Students can add their nickname to see if they make it onto the leaderboard.

We have an action verb video that we have turned into a game. Firstly, ESL students will only see part of a zoomed-in picture. If they can guess the action verb with the first picture, that’s awesome. Secondly, they will see the picture zoomed out a bit and students have 3 choices to choose from. Finally, the answer is revealed.

We also have that same action verb video but we have added interactions. Students will watch the video and be engaged by answering questions as they proceed.

We have an arcade style maze chase game much like pacman. It’s a favourite of our students.

Finally, we have an airplane game. It’s also an arcade style game where students fly an airplane trying to avoid the wrong clouds and hit the right clouds.

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