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Verbs. What is a verb?
A verb is a word which describes the
action in a sentence (the word that is
doing something)
Examples
I play football.
They skip quickly.
We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.
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An action verb tells what action
someone or something is performing.
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Father packed our suitcases.
The ship chugged into the harbor.
Mr. Fox swallowed the slimy fly larva as
part of a Fear Factor dare.
A linking verb connects a noun or
pronoun with a word that identifies or
describes it.
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New York is a city.
Lucy seems unhappy.
Mr. Fox was sick from eating the larva.
Verb Tenses
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Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
happening.
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PRESENT (it’s happening NOW.)
PAST (it’s ALREADY happened.)
FUTURE (it’s ABOUT to or WILL happen.)
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Present tense to past tense.
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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.
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How have the verbs changed?
How did you do?
Yesterday I ate spaghetti.
 Yesterday they skipped quickly.
 Yesterday Bob was seven.
 Yesterday I played football.
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Past to present
These sentences are in the past.
Change them to the present by putting today at the front of
each sentence.
Sarah felt hot.
 The cow jumped over the moon.
 John sat outside in the garden.
 The mouse ran up the clock.
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How did you do?
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.
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The future tense.
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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.
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Jack and Jill went up the hill.
Thomas chased the mouse.
Lucy entered the wardrobe.
Bo Peep lost her sheep.
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How did you do?
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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.
Verbs that end in “ ify ”
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The suffix “ ify ” changes a noun or
adjective into a verb.
Example: Justice (is noun that means that
things are fair) Throw the “ ify ” at it and it
becomes…..
More Examples
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Humid….Humidify
Pure….Purify
Simple….Simplify
Stupid…._____________
Passive….____________