Action Words: Verbs

by Anita Ganeri

Overview

This book examines verbs, explaining what they are and how they are used. The text is accompanied by bright, colorful sentence diagrams designed to clarify basic grammatical concepts, while engaging photographs and eye-catching illustrations make the book visually appealing to young readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484667613
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/15/2021
Series:	Getting to Grips with Grammar
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of information books for children. Educated at Cambridge University, she has written more than 300 books, including the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series (Scholastic Children's Books) which won a 2009 Blue Peter Book Award. She writes widely on animals and the natural world. A recent title for Raintree, A Day in the Life of Rainforest Animals: Capybara, has been shortlisted for a Maryland Blue Crab Award 2012. Anita lives in the north of England with her husband, children and assorted pets.

Table of Contents

What Is Grammar? 4

What Is a Verb? 6

Spot the Verb 8

Subjects and Objects 10

I, You, He/She/It 12

We, You, They 14

What Is a Tense? 16

Present Tense 18

Past Tense 20

Changing Verbs 22

Future Tense 24

Helping Verbs 26

Active and Passive 28

Find the Verbs 30

Glossary. 31

Find Out More 32

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

...contains examples in simple sentences accompanied by photographs that help young writers understand this important part of speech. Although brief, the book covers a lot of ground. Teachers will want to use this title as a starting place before introducing even more examples of how verbs can enliven sentences.

Reading Today Online

(4) K-3 Getting to Grips with Grammar series. In this introductory series, the topics and terminology are well defined. While few in number, example sentences highlight each target concept in a different color and are accompanied by helpful explanations. There are no practice exercises, but occasional questions or tasks aid comprehension and keep students engaged. Photos, illustrations, and a colorful design liven up the content. Reading list, websites, Glos., ind. – Sethany Rancier Alongi The Horn Book Guide Fall 2012 issue

The Horn Book Guide

In this title in Heinemann Library’s Getting to Grips with Grammar series, readers learn all about verbs. Beginning with an explanation of what grammar is and continuing on with everything about verbs and relationships to subjects and objects in a sentence, verb tenses and voice and all the different types of verbs. Simple, colorful text accompanied by photographs to illustrate the concepts being explained. Text features include table of contents, glossary, bibliographical references, and index. –Jerri Hale, R M Marrs Middle School Omaha Public Schools April 2013

Omaha Public Schools

If you serve a population learning English or needing to review parts of speech and grammar, this series will serve. The written word is well-supported with illustrations and text boxes. Teachers will find ample use for them in lessons to help round out a grammar concept. The series, written by Anita Ganeri, will probably need a creative librarian to entice students and teachers to use it, but it will be time well spent. Additional Selection. —Nelda Brangwin, Cherry Valley Elementary School, Duvall, Washington Library Media Connection Online 10/1/12; Vol. 31, No. 2

Library Media Connection Online