verb slideshare

1. A verb is a word which describes the action
in a sentence (the doing word)
Examples
I play football.
They skip quickly.
We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.

2.  Verb
tenses describe WHEN the action is
happening.
 PRESENT (it’s happening NOW.)
 PAST (it’s ALREADY happened.)
 FUTURE (it’s ABOUT to happen.)

3.  The following sentences are written in the
present tense. Try changing them to the past
tense by putting Yesterday at the beginning of
each.
I eat spaghetti.
They skip quickly.
Bob is seven.
I play football.
How have the verbs changed?

4. Yesterday I ate spaghetti.
Yesterday they skipped quickly.
Yesterday Bob was seven.
Yesterday I played football.
(Did you remember to double the consonant in skipped?)

5. These sentences are in the past.
Change them to the present by putting today at
the front of each.
Sarah felt hot.
The cow jumped over the moon.
John sat outside in the garden.
The mouse ran up the clock.

6. Today Sarah feels hot.
Today the cow jumps over the
moon.
Today John sits outside in the
garden.
Today the mouse runs up the
clock.

7.  The future tense is used to describe what will or
could happen. Change these sentences to the
future tense by adding tomorrow at the start of
each.
 Jack and Jill went up the hill.
 Thomas chased the mouse.
 Lucy entered the wardrobe.
 Bo Peep lost her sheep.

8.  Tomorrow Jack and Jill could/will go up the
hill.
 Tomorrow Thomas could/will chase the
mouse.
 Tomorrow Lucy could/will enter the
wardrobe.
 Tomorrow Bo Peep could/will lose her sheep.

9. Thank you