3rd Grade Verbs Worksheets and Activities | Page 2

Worksheet instructions: Fill in the missing words from the story. Use the clues in parenthesis to figure out what kind of word is missing.

The future is what will happen: I will play golf. The future progressive is what will be happening: I will be playing golf. Worksheet instructions: Fill in the blanks with the future and future progressive verb forms.

Present tense: I play golf. Present progressive tense: I am playing tennis. Worksheet instructions: Fill in the blanks with the present and present progressive (or continuous) verb forms.

The Past is what happened: I played golf. The Past progressive is what was happening: I was playing golf / we were playing golf. Worksheet instructions: Fill in the blanks with past and past progressive verbs.

Future tense: I will play baseball. Future perfect tense: I will have played baseball. Worksheet instructions: Rewrite each sentence below in the future perfect tense.

Present tense: I play baseball. Present perfect tense: I have played baseball. Worksheet instructions: Rewrite each sentence below in the present perfect tense.

Past tense: I played baseball. Past perfect tense: I had played baseball. Worksheet instructions: Rewrite each sentence below in the past perfect tense.

Remember: Verbs are action words, they mean “doing” something. A verb can express a physical action (i.e. to run), a mental action (i.e. to think) or a state of being (i.e. to be). Worksheet instructions: Circle the verbs in each sentence below.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb. An adverb tells us how, when, or where something happened. A verb is a word that describes an action like play, eat and run. Worksheet instructions: Read the short story and list the verbs and adverbs you find in the correct box.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb. An adverb tells us how, when, or where something happened. A verb is a word that describes an action like play, eat and run. Worksheet instructions: Circle the adverbs in each sentence and underline the verbs they describe.