Transcript Function

Function
Some analogies
compare the uses of
things, who might use
them, or what people do
Look at these examples
A. Physician : cure :: instructor : ___
teach
control
entertain
A physician cures people, so the function of the
physician is to cure. An instructor teaches
people, so the function ____.
B. awl : split :: vise : ____
mend
grip part
An awl must be a tool that splits, so the function of
the awl is to split. A vise must be a tool that
grips, so the function of the _____ .
Try on your own: Function
1. Comb : untangle :: bulb : ____
lamp
illuminate machinery
2. Blueprint : architect :: figures : ___
historian
surgeon mathematician
3. Defend : lawyer :: operate : ____
meteorologist historian surgeon
4. Compass : direction :: barometer : ___
illuminate air pressure machinery
Practice
• “Object to Function” Worksheet
• Do not write on the worksheet
• Part A Write TWO choices for each. They
will not be used twice.
• Part B and Part C Write out the whole
analogy sentence.
Verbs. What is a verb?
• A verb is a word which describes the action in a
sentence (the doing word)
• There are:
– actions verbs
– linking verbs that link the subject to a group of words
that describe the subject
– helping verbs that help the action verbs.
Examples
They skip quickly. “skip” Action
Bob is seven today. “is” Links Bob to seven
Jill will run up the hill. “will” helps “run”
Verb Tenses
• Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
happening.
• PRESENT (it’s happening NOW.)
• PAST (it’s ALREADY happened.)
• FUTURE (it’s ABOUT to happen.)
Present tense to past tense.
• The following sentences are written in the present tense.
Try changing them to the past tense by putting Yesterday
at the beginning of each.
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I eat spaghetti.
They skip quickly.
Bob is seven.
I play football.
How have the verbs changed?
How did you do?
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Yesterday I ate spaghetti.
Yesterday they skipped quickly.
Yesterday Bob was seven.
Yesterday I played football.
(Did you remember to double the consonant in skipped?)
Past to present
These sentences are in the past.
Change them to the present by putting today at the
front of each.
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Sarah felt hot.
The cow jumped over the moon.
John sat outside in the garden.
The mouse ran up the clock.
I was fine.
How did you do?
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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.
Today I am fine.
The future tense.
• 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.
How did you do?
• 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.
Verb Tenses
If Needed:
Language Book Chapter 9
Take Notes on pp. 219-233
Practice Analogies with Verb Tenses on the
next few slides
Practice
A. Skip is to skipped as is is to ____
are
was
will
Was
B. Had : have :: lie : ____
laying
lain
will lay
Laying
C. Have felt is to will feel as _____ is to ___
is trying is to will try
did try is tried
have tried is to will try
Have tried is to will try
D. Swam : swum :: threw : ____
throw
thrown
threw
Thrown
Now practice on your own
Complete “Verb Tense Analogies” WS
Use the Verb Tense Charts in your
Language Book pp. 219-233 if you need
help.