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1. My dog ________________ its tails when it is happy.

2. Sumitra ________________ tea every morning.
3. I ____________ up at 5 am and go for a morning walk.
4. Our school ___________________ at 9 am every day.
5. Do you ___________ pets?

6. I ________________ travelling on holiday.
7. A bee ________________ around the flower.

State Verbs don’t give complete sense. State verbs express the idea of
being, becoming, appearing or seeming.
Examples: Arpan does work carefully.
Arpan seems to be careful.
In the first sentence, the verb ‘does’ shows an action or activity. So, it
is an action verb. It says what action Arpan does. But in the second
sentence, the verb ‘seems’ shows no action. It says how Arpan is.

Auxiliary Verbs help to form tenses, negatives, interrogatives, question
tags, etc.
Examples: The little girl is walking to school. (present continuous)
The little girl isn’t walking to school. (negative)
Is the little girl walking to school? (interrogative)
The little girl is walking to school, isn’t she? (question tag)
The little girl is helpful. (state of the girl)

Unlike Action Verbs, state verbs are followed by complements to make a
complete sentence.
Example: Srijana seems tired.
In the sentence, ‘tired’ is an adjective which is not affected by the verb
‘seems’.

Classwork: Have students make a list of 10 activities they do every day
in their notebook. After that, teachers have to tell students to underline

verbs. Later, the teachers will say why they are action verbs.

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