Description

Verbs for Secondary Students

If students can’t identify the verb, they lose meaning at the sentence level. That’s where many comprehension issues begin.

This resource gives you a clear, structured, and hands-on way to teach verbs so students can understand how sentences work and make meaning as they read.

Designed for older students, it focuses on how verbs carry meaning across a sentence, not just how to label them.

Students learn to:

• Identify action, linking, and helping verbs
• Distinguish between physical and mental actions
• Recognize state of being verbs
• Build verb phrases using helping verbs
• Work with regular and irregular verbs across tenses
• Use verb understanding to support comprehension

What’s included:

1. Student-friendly posters that explain what verbs do

• What do verbs do?
• Action Verbs
• State of Being Verbs
• Linking Verbs
• 2 Posters – Helping Verbs / Auxiliary Verbs
• Verb Infinitives
• 2 Posters – Irregular Verbs, short list and long list

2. Anchor charts for key verb types

3. Infinitives and irregular verbs reference posters (short list and long list)

4. 220+ verb cards for sorting and matching

5. Verb tense matching cards (present and past)

6. Sorting labels in short and long formats, plus blank versions for customization

7. Multiple print sizes (8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17)

Manipulatives:

• Verbs for Sorting
  • 110 verb cards including be verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs, and mental and physical action verbs
  • Adolescent-friendly vocabulary and font
  • Print on Avery 8876, Avery 5871, or similar templates, or print on colored paper and cut
  • Store laminated cards or use business card sleeves for easy organization

 

• Verbs for Matching
  • 110 verb cards focused on regular and irregular verbs in present and past tense
  • Designed for matching and sorting activities
  • Same easy print and storage options as the sorting set

 

How to use:

• Small group instruction or intervention
• Whole class lessons
• Literacy centers
• Sentence-level comprehension work
• Student notebooks and reference tools

 

Important note:

These activities support and strengthen foundational skills. They are designed for review, practice, and application with older striving readers.

This resource helps students find the verb, understand what it shows, and use that information to make sense of the sentence.

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