Fun with Action Verbs: Create Exciting Sentences!

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Explore the world of action verbs through a creative exercise. Select an interesting verb, connect it with a clause using a suitable connective, and craft a unique sentence about yourself or a character. Engage in this fun activity to enhance your writing skills and make your sentences more vivid and dynamic.

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Using verbs (action words) Instructions: Video link 1. Read the verbs around the pyramid 2. Use the verb find most interesting to create a sentence about you or a favourite character. You can change the tense verb. 3. Use a connective to give your sentence detail about why, how, when, who, where etc. 4. Check your punctuation!

Commas and clauses 1. When you begin your sentence with a connective, use a comma before starting the second clause. Every clause has a verb or verb phrase (blue). This can help you find the clauses,which are usually separated by a connective (green). 2. If the connective can t be put at the beginning of the sentence, put a comma before it. (Examples: which, but, or, and, then, yet, therefore.) 3. HINT!!! Where do you stop or pause for effect?

My example: Chosen verb: dive (dove) Connectives: even though, that, to Sentence: Even though I d explained to Dad six times that Mr Turtle was fine, he dove head first into the water to find him.