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Y1.3 Doing Words Action Verbs

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.

Sports Day at Elm Class

Source written for Revision Library (original, copyright-free). Written for Year 1 grammar practice, July 2026.

It was Sports Day at Elm Class. The sun shone and the sky was blue.

Leo ran to the start line. Mia jumped over the small hurdles. Tom hopped on one foot across the grass.

'Ready, steady, go!' shouted Miss Ahmed.

The children raced to the finish line. Leo won the race and everyone clapped.

Later, Mia skipped with her friends and Tom drank some cold water. It was a fun day for the whole class.

Practice question (not marked). A doing word (verb) is a word for an action - something you can do. Tick the doing word in this sentence.

Leo runs fast.

A) Leo
B) runs
C) fast

Tick the doing word (verb) in this sentence.

Mia jumped over the hurdle.

A) Mia
B) jumped
C) hurdle

Underline the doing word (verb) in each sentence.

(a)Tom hops across the grass.(1)

(b)The children raced to the line.(1)

(c)Everyone clapped loudly.(1)

Sort the words in the box into the correct column of the table. Write each word once.
Word bank: jump | dog | hop | cat

Doing words (verbs)	Naming words (nouns)

(2)

Circle the correct doing word to complete each sentence.

(a)Leo ___ to school every day. (run / runs)(1)

run
runs

(b)The dogs ___ in the park. (bark / barks)(1)

bark
barks

(c)Mia and Tom ___ every morning. (skip / skips)(1)

skip
skips

Add -ing to each doing word to show the action is happening right now. No other letters change.

(a)jump + (-ing) =(1)

(b)help + (-ing) =(1)

(c)shout + (-ing) =(1)

Add -ed to each doing word to show the action already happened. No other letters change.

(a)play + (-ed) =(1)

(b)wash + (-ed) =(1)

(c)clean + (-ed) =(1)

Add -er to each doing word to make a new word for a person who does that action.

(a)help + (-er) =(1)

(b)paint + (-er) =(1)

Each sentence has the wrong doing word. Circle the mistake and write the correct doing word.

(a)Yesterday, Mia look at the map.(1)

(b)Yesterday, Tom call his friend.(1)

(c)Yesterday, we watch the race.(1)

Each sentence uses the wrong doing word. Circle the mistake and write the correct doing word.

(a)The dogs runs in the park.(1)

(b)She skip to school every day.(1)

This sentence has two mistakes with doing words. Find both mistakes and write the sentence correctly.

Yesterday, Leo runned to the line and jump over the hurdle.

(2)

Write your own sentence using the doing word 'jumped'. Remember a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.

(2)

Write two sentences of your own about someone playing outside.

(a)Write one sentence using a doing word that ends in -ing, to show something is happening now.(1)

(b)Write one sentence using a doing word that ends in -ed, to show something already happened.(1)

Choose three different doing words from the box. Write one sentence of your own about Sports Day using each word.
Word bank: hopped | clapped | drank | shouted | skipped

(3)

Choose one doing word from the box. Write a sentence of your own about an animal using that word. Underline the doing word in your sentence.
Word bank: swims | flies | crawls | slithers

(2)

Mark scheme · Y1.3 Doing Words Action Verbs

Question 1

- Practice question - not marked. Teacher may explain that a doing word tells us the action someone or something does.
Answer: B (runs)

Question 2

B1 B ticked only (cao)
Answer: B (jumped)

Question 3

(a) B1 underlines 'hops' cao
(a) Answer: hops
(b) B1 underlines 'raced' cao
(b) Answer: raced
(c) B1 underlines 'clapped' cao
(c) Answer: clapped

Question 4

B1 both doing words jump and hop placed in the Doing words column (cao)
B1 both naming words dog and cat placed in the Naming words column (cao)
Answer: Doing words: jump, hop. Naming words: dog, cat.

Question 5

(a) B1 circles 'runs' cao
(a) Answer: runs
(b) B1 circles 'bark' cao
(b) Answer: bark
(c) B1 circles 'skip' cao
(c) Answer: skip

Question 6

(a) B1 writes 'jumping' cao
(a) Answer: jumping
(b) B1 writes 'helping' cao
(b) Answer: helping
(c) B1 writes 'shouting' cao
(c) Answer: shouting

Question 7

(a) B1 writes 'played' cao
(a) Answer: played
(b) B1 writes 'washed' cao
(b) Answer: washed
(c) B1 writes 'cleaned' cao
(c) Answer: cleaned

Question 8

(a) B1 writes 'helper' cao
(a) Answer: helper
(b) B1 writes 'painter' cao
(b) Answer: painter

Question 9

(a) B1 circles 'look' and writes 'looked' cao (both needed for the mark)
(a) Answer: look -> looked
(b) B1 circles 'call' and writes 'called' cao (both needed for the mark)
(b) Answer: call -> called
(c) B1 circles 'watch' and writes 'watched' cao (both needed for the mark)
(c) Answer: watch -> watched

Question 10

(a) B1 circles 'runs' and writes 'run' cao (both needed for the mark)
(a) Answer: runs -> run
(b) B1 circles 'skip' and writes 'skips' cao (both needed for the mark)
(b) Answer: skip -> skips

Question 11

B1 corrects 'runned' to 'ran' (cao)
B1 corrects 'jump' to 'jumped' (cao)
Answer: Yesterday, Leo ran to the line and jumped over the hurdle.

Question 12

B1 sentence makes sense and correctly uses 'jumped' as the doing word (oe)
B1 sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (cao)
Answer: e.g. The frog jumped into the pond.

Question 13

(a) B1 sentence makes sense and correctly uses a doing word ending in -ing (oe), e.g. running, skipping, jumping
(a) Answer: e.g. Sam is running across the field.
(b) B1 sentence makes sense and correctly uses a doing word ending in -ed (oe), e.g. kicked, played, jumped
(b) Answer: e.g. Sam kicked the ball.

Question 14

B1 first sentence makes sense, is about Sports Day and correctly uses one doing word from the box (oe)
B1 second sentence makes sense, is about Sports Day and correctly uses a different doing word from the box (oe)
B1 third sentence makes sense, is about Sports Day and correctly uses a different doing word from the box (oe)
Answer: e.g. Tom hopped over the line. Everyone clapped for Leo. Mia drank some water after the race.

Question 15

B1 sentence makes sense and correctly uses one doing word from the box about an animal (oe)
B1 the doing word used is underlined (cao)
Answer: e.g. The duck swims across the pond.

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