Transcript WHAT DO THESE WORDS HAVE IN COMMMON?

WHAT DO THESE WORDS HAVE IN
COMMMON?
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Pour
Laugh
Soar
Run
Toss
Catch
Skip
Sent
Swim
Drink
Open
Carry
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Am
Were
Are
Will be
Is
Have been
Was
Will have been
What do these words show?
Action
Rules for verbs
Verbs are usually followed in a sentence by a direct object or
indirect object.
Example: Snow White bit the apple.
Apple is the Direct Object of the verb bit.
The witch cut Rapunzel’s hair. Which is which?
Example: The witch gave Snow White the apple.
Snow White is the Indirect Object; apple is the D.O.
Group Two
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Am
Were
Are
Will be
Is
Have been
Was
Will have been
These verbs are “state of being”; these verbs
do not show action.
These verbs “link” the subject in the
sentence to a word (or words) that give
information – a description about it.
Verbs and their tenses
•
•
•
•
•
Present Tense: The frog jumps.
Past Tense: The frog jumped.
Future Tense: The frog will jump.
Present Perfect Tense: The frog has jumped six times today.
Past Perfect Tense: The frog had jumped only once before it
rained.
• Future Perfect Tense: The frog will have jumped more than
once hundred times by next Sunday.
What’s the difference?
• The boy hit the ball
• The dog ate the food
• The girl popped the
balloon
• The woman rang the
doorbell
• The singer sang the song
• The teacher read the book
• The firemen put out the
fire
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The ball was hit
The food was eaten
The balloon was popped
The doorbell was rung
The song was sung
The book was read
The fire was put out
In the ACTIVE VOICE, the subject of the sentence (person, animal or thing)
forming the action, is present before the verb.
In the PASSIVE VOICE, the subject of the sentence is usually not present.
• The boy hit the ball
• The dog ate the food
• The girl popped the
balloon
• The woman rang the
doorbell
• The singer sang the song
• The teacher read the
book
• The firemen put out the
fire
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The ball was hit
The food was eaten
The balloon was popped
The doorbell was rung
The song was sung
The book was read
The fire was put out
These words are multiple meaning words. They can be used as either nouns or verbs in
sentences (and some can be used as adjectives).
The Gremlin’s favorite food was pumpkin cake.
The Gremlin had food caked on his face.
When Jack came to a bend in the road, he didn’t know which way to go.
The giant had to bend the beanstalk in half before he could yank it out of the ground.
• Choose three words from the list and use them in a sentence.
• Use the same three words in another sentence, but don’t use them the same way.