The document discusses verbs and verb tenses. It provides examples of changing sentences between present, past, and future tenses by adding words like "yesterday", "today", and "tomorrow" to the beginning of sentences. It also discusses infinitives and how they are formed with "to" plus the base verb form, and can be used as subjects, complements or objects in sentences. Infinitives can be made negative by adding "not".

2. 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.

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

4. 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?

5. 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?)

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

15. 2. Infinitives are the "to" form of the verb. The infinitive form of "learn" is "to learn." You can also use an infinitive as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence. Examples: To learn is important. subject of sentence The most important thing is to learn . complement of sentence He wants to learn . object of sentence Infinitives can be made negative by adding "not." Examples: I decided not to go . The most important thing is not to give up .