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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.

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