To be or not to be—that is me.But I’m so much more. I move. I shake. I dance. I bake. I rake. I make. I swim in lakes. I run and sprint and dance and twirl. I listen and eat and shine and hurl.I climb and dine and chime and grind. I bind. I find. And I am inclined to do anything.Like spy or cry or buy or try. But what exactly am I?

A VERB

The Amazing Adventure of Verbs

A review

Present tense verbs

•These verbs show action that is happening now

– The dogs are barking.

– The girl is screaming at the boy.

– Three monkeys jump.

– Susie May skips towards Adam.

Present tense verbs

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Many present tense verbs end in “ing” or “s”

Past tense verbs

•These verbs show action that has already happened.

– The dogs barked.

– The girl screamed at the boy.

– Three monkeys jumped.

– Susie May skipped towards Adam.

Past tense verbs

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Add ed to most verbs to form the past tense

Past tense verbs

IMPORTANT NOTE PART TWO:

Verbs ending in “y”: Change the “y” to “i” and add “ed” (hurried, worried)

Verbs ending in “p”: Make it “pp” and then add “ed” (skipped, flipped)

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

•These are not regular because you can’t put an “ed” to make it past tense

•You need to change the spelling to make it past tense

Here are some irregular Verbs

BeginBreakBringComeGiveGrow

beganbrokebroughtcamegavegrew

Future tense verbs

•These verbs show action that is going to happen.

– The dogs will bark.

– The girl is going to scream at the boy.

– Three monkeys will jump.

– Susie May will skip towards Adam.

Future tense verbs

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Verbs in the future tense often use the helping verb

will

“Synonym” it

• Verbs have all kinds of synonyms.• Using a more descriptive verb can

really spice up your writing• Example

– The student ran by the teacher.

– The student ______by the teacherdarted

zoomedzipped

sprinted

gallopeddashed

scurriedraced

Game Time• There will be 10 questions about verbs.• With a partner, you will have a certain

amount of time to answer each question.• You and your partner must discuss the

questions and come to an agreed upon answer.

• You must record your answer on the answer sheet. Answer sheets will be collected.

• Correct answers are worth $1 class cash. • Students that get all 12 questions correct will

gain 3 bonus points for their group.

Game Time continued

• On the signal, you will have 1 minute to find your partner and at the bell have a seat at a desk (it doesn’t have to be your desk)

• Remember to really discuss your answers with your teammate.

• If a question has “synonym it”, that means you need to write down a more creative synonym for the verb.

• RESOURCEFUL

Question 1

• He walked right into traffic!

A. What is the verb in this sentence?

B. What is the tense of the verb?C. “Synonym it”

Question 2

• The dog will lap up the attention.

a. What is the main verb in this sentence?

b. What is the tense of the verb?

Question 3

•Mr. Buckles is worrying about the snowstorm.

–What is the main verb in this sentence?

–Re-write this sentence so it is in the past tense.

Question 4

• The dog smelled the tree and than he scratched a flea.

a.What are the main verbs in this sentence?

b.What is the tense of this sentence

c.Write this sentence in another tense

Question 5

• Before I call, I will eat this sandwich.

A.What are the two verbs?B.Synonym themC.Write the past, present, and

future tenses of the two verbs.

Question 6

A.Think of a creative verb that describes what this monster is doing.

B.Write the past, present, and future tense of that verb

C.Use that verb in a sentence

Question 7

•The man will skip down the road and flip over a tree.–What are the two verbs?–Write the past tenses of the two verbs. Spelling counts.

Question 8

•I walked to school, and then my teacher checked my homework. –What are the two verbs?–Synonym them–Write the past, present, and future tenses of the two verbs.

Challenge Question

• Laughing at the clown, my sister nearly choked on her corndog , and I almost shot milk from my nostrils because the clown was so funny.

A.What are the verbs?B.Write the past, present, and future

tenses of the verbs.

Challenge Question

Jimmy and Jane will buy a cake. Steven, the cake thief, will try to steal the cake even though the cake has an alarm. The alarm will ring, and then the cake police will catch the thief. – Find all the verbs in these

sentences.– Write each verb in past tense. – What is the tense of this paragraph?

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