Verb Tense

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Verb Tense

• Keep it consistent throughout your story!

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Examples

• Written well I ambled into the house and looked
  in the kitchen he was nowhere to be found.
• Not well written I ambled into the house and
  look in the kitchen he is nowhere to be found.
• Written well I saw the spider, and I jerked my
  hand away.
• Not well written I see the spider, and I jerked
  my hand away.

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Your turn

• Practice
• From Active Verb list, LA folder
• Choose any three active verbs.
• On your paper, write a three-sentence paragraph
  using the three active verbs you chose, one per
  sentence.
• When youre done, underline all the verbs in your
  sentences (was, is etc) make sure they all match
  the active voice!

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My example

• I assess the situation in every difficult and
  fearful instance. I determine the area is full
  of spiders and they need to extracted. I
  construct an exit plan for myself while the
  insect is alive in the room.

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Finally.

• Copy the following paragraph onto your paper.
• Underline all the verbs.
• Edit to ensure that verb tense matches.
• She was eating quickly, and I watch her. She
  chokes and I ran to get my phone. I dialed 911
  and she turns blue. A man began the Heimlich
  maneuver she is saved!

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Finally.

• Copy the following paragraph onto your paper.
• Underline all the verbs.
• Edit to ensure that verb tense matches.
• She was eating quickly, and I watched her. She
  choked and I ran to get my phone. I dialed 911
  and she turned blue. A man began the Heimlich
  maneuver she was saved!

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Should your verb tense match?
The horse galloped. The horse gallops. The horse
will gallop.
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Why its important

• Verbs are different from most other parts of
  speech because they change their form. Verbs must
  match the PERSON or subject of the sentence and
  the time of the action or state of being. We
  learned about person in the first lesson on
  verbs. The time part of the form a verb takes is
  called its TENSE.

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Three main verb tenses

• Past- the paint fell
• Present- the paint falls
• Future- the paint will fall

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Present Tense

• Verbs in sentences about things that are
  happening now, continually, or regularly are in
  the PRESENT TENSE.
• Example Pick 2 verbs from list and write 2
  sentences for each verb in present tense. Follow
  pattern below I watch videos after school.I
  run in the park.Mary watches videos after
  school.Mary runs in the park.

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Present Perfect Tense

• A verb is in the present perfect tense when it
  expresses action which began in the past but
  continues or is completed in the present. To form
  the present perfect tense, you will add HAS or
  HAVE to the past participle. Pick a verb from
  list and practice the present perfect tense.
• Example
• She has screamed at her friends many times but
  they have ignored it.

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Past tense

• Verbs in sentences about an action or existence
  that already happened are in the PAST TENSE.
  Verbs known as regular verbs have ed endings in
  the past tense. A verb changes to indicate past
  tense
• Mary walked her dog yesterday
• Johnny jumped up and down in the gym
• We won our game.
• Pick 2 different verbs from list and use them
• in the past tense.

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Past Perfect Tense

• A verb is in the past perfect tense when it
  expresses action that began in the past and was
  completed in the past. To form the past perfect
  tense, add had to the past participle.
• Example Pick another verb from list and write a
  sentence in the past perfect tense.
• Then, last Friday at the Pizza Hut, they had
  eaten more than their share of the pizza, when
  she called them greedy pigs.

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Future Tense

• Verbs in sentences about action/existence that
  will happen are future tense verbs. They often
  start with the helping verb will. Pick two
  different verbs from list write a sentence for
  each in future tense.
• She will be late for class.
• My mom will make me eat my dinner.
• Susie will run home after school to make it to
  her piano lesson.

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Future Perfect Tense

• A verb is in the future perfect tense when it
  expresses action or existence which will begin in
  the future and will be completed by a specific
  time in the future. To form the future perfect
  tense, add shall have or will have to the past
  participle.
• Example Pick two brand new verbs to practice
  future perfect tense.
• By next Friday, she will have forgotten the
• pizza, but they will have remembered the
• name calling.

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Progressive Tense

• The progressive tense uses the present participle
  form of to be (remember that to be verbs are
  from the helping verb song) . It is the to be
  verb (infinitive) present participle.
• Example Practice progressive below
• To grow I am growing To hate hating
• To yell He was yelling To drive driving
• To eat We were eating To shop shopping

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Progressive Present/Past Future
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE PAST PROGRESSIVE FUTURE PROGRESSIVE
To watch am watching is watching are watching was watching were watching will be watching shall be watching
To eat am eating is eating are eating was eating were eating will be eating shall be eating
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So, whats the point?

• In all your writing your verb tenses must match.
  IF they dont your writing will seem choppy and
  not fluent. Decide when you embark on a new piece
  of writing if you will tell the story from the
  present, past, or future perspective.

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Lets practice and make these verbs all agree in
the present tense! Re write paragraph correctly.

• The dog saw the cat, and he will bark. Down
  the driveway he runs and jumped on the cats
  back. The cat howled and slapped at the dog. Poor
  old dog! He had gotten a big scratch on his nose
  and will race back home.

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Correct yours

• The dog saw the cat, and he barked. Down the
  driveway he runs and jumps on the cats back. The
  cat howls and slaps at the dog. Poor old dog! He
  gets a big scratch on his nose and is racing back
  home.

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Lets practice and make these verbs all agree in
the past tense! Re write paragraph correctly.

• Samantha will come home last night and is
  watching her favorite show on tv. When she was
  coming home she will see that her tv is actually
  broken. She cry. She was so upset that she would
  call her best friend Tiffany to see if she goed
  to her house to watch tv instead.

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Correct yours

• Samantha came home last night and watched her
  favorite show on tv. When she came home she saw
  that her tv was actually broken. She cried. She
  was so upset that she called her best friend
  Tiffany to see if she could go to her house to
  watch tv instead.

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Those NAUGHTY BE VERBS

• How to get rid of them
• WHY? Because they are

BORING!
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What are they?

• Is Are
• Am Was
• Were Be
• Been Being

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GET RID OF THEM

• The sun was hot.
• The sun, hot as fire, burned into my scalp.
• Your turn to practice.
• Ive been gone a long time.

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• The pool was refreshing.
• The water embraced me, cooling my core after a
  hot day on the job.
• Your turn to practice.
• The cat was hungry.

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• Every effort was made to make us comfortable.
• Comfort seemed our hosts primary concern.
• Your turn to practice.
• I am being picked to play
• first in the game.

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• The deer was standing in my sight.
• The deer stood, stone still, unaware of my barrel
  pointed at his heart.
• Your turn to practice.
• The car was going down the hill fast.

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• I am slight for my age.
• Compared to my classmates, I appear smaller and
  younger.
• Your turn to practice.
• I was shorter than my teammate.

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• We were riding down
• the bumpy road.
• The bumpy road jolted every one of our bones, as
  we headed to our destination.
• Your turn to practice.
• Are you going to ride
• In my car to the movie?

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Try a sentence of your own!

• The soccer players are playing on the field.
• Rewrite without the
• To be verb.

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Try Another!

• I like being in 8th grade.
• Rewrite without the
• To be verb.

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One More!

• Waterskiing is fun.
• Rewrite without the
• To be verb.