Practice Action Verbs Underline the action verb in each sentence. 1. An author wrote a book about the history of string. 2. Long ago people twisted vines into strong ropes. 3. People still weave thin fibers into cloth. 4. My sister knits socks from yarn. 5. We stretched a rope from tree to tree. 6. I always tie a ribbon around a birthday present. 7. We learned about different kinds of knots. 8. He made a belt from three different colors of string.