Warm Up-- Reviewing Prior Knowledge

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Warm Up--Reviewing Prior Knowledge

• List and explain all definitions and grammatical
  rules that deal with VERBS.

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Todays Learning Goal

• I will be able to identify correct verb usage by
  taking notes and completing a practice
  worksheet. I will know Ive met my goal when I
  can explain correct verb usage using complete
  sentences.

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Verbs and Tense Consistency

• When two or more actions are being described in a
  sentence, all VERBS or VERB PHRASES describing
  the same time period must be written in the same
  tense
• Past
• Past Participle
• Present
• Present Participle
• Future

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Example of Verb Tense Consistency

• Incorrect While I waited for the movie to
  begin, I was realizing that Id forgotten all
  about my sisters ballet recital.
• Correct While I waited for the movie to begin I
  realized that Id forgotten all about my sisters
  ballet recital.

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Sample Clip
(Unit 2) A visit to grandmothers?after you read
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Verb Tenses for Hunt

• Past hunted
• Past Participle has/have hunted
• Present hunt
• Present Participle is/are hunting
• Future will hunt

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Lets Practice Verb Tense

• We do
• You do together
• You do independently

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Subject Verb Agreement

• Grammatical rule stating that the VERB must agree
  in number with its subject.
• Example
• The elephant trumpets for peanuts.(singular
  subject)
• The elephants trumpet for peanuts.(plural subject)

Subject1 elephant
Subject more than 1 elephant
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Do I use an s with the verb or not?

• In the present tense, singular verbs end with an
  s, plural verbs do not.
• Singular s at end of verb
• Plural no s
• Singular The elephant trumpets for peanuts.
• Plural The elephants trumpet for peanuts.

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Practice

• The elephant drink water.
• The elephants drinks water.
• The elephant clean its trunks.
• The elephants cleans their trunks.

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Do I use is or are?

• The verb is singular
• The verb are plural
• Examples
• The elephant is hungry.
• The elephants are hungry.

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Remember to Count your Subjects in each sentence

• Single Subject The elephant is entertaining the
  crowd.
• Plural Subject The elephant and the monkey are
  entertaining the crowd.

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Lets Practice Subject Verb Agreement

• We do
• You do together
• You do independently

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Exit Reflection

• Complete the sentence frames below
• Verb tense consistency means that
  ______________.
• Subject verb agreement means that ______________.