Verbs
Verbs
Critical Question: What are verbs and the different types of verbs?
Task: Students will be able to identify the different types of verbs and how to use them properly.
Verb: a word that shows action
Types of Verbs:
Present Tense Verbs: tells what is happening right now
example:
The sun shines brightly over the lake.
A deer watches from the nearby forest.
Past Tense Verbs: tells what already happened (by adding ed or d)
example:
The sun shined brightly over the lake.
The deer watched from the nearby forest.
Future Tense Verbs: tells what is going to happen (add will or shall to the verb)
example:
Corby will try to do a magic trick.
Branton will dance after school today.
Irregular Verbs: shows what will happen in the past by using a specific form
example:
The kids wrote home to their parents about camp.
The spaceship flew out of sight.
Action Verbs: shows action
example:
Katelynn screamed when she saw the ant.
Sue is cooking dinner.
Linking Verbs: make statements or they express relationships and links
example statements:
He is a nice person.
She is very funny.
example relationships/links:
She is my sister.
That man is my teacher.
Some example linking verbs:
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, will be, shall be, may be
Verb Games!