Transcript Verbs: Chapter 8

Verbs: Chapter 8
Warm Up:
Read pg. 194-196
Ex. 2 on page 196
4 Basic Parts of Verbs
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Every verb has 4 basic principal parts:
the base/infinitive form, the present
participle, the past, and the past
participle.
• I park the car. [base/infinitive]
• I am parking the car. [present participle]
• I parked the car. [past of park]
• I have parked the car. [past participle]
Regular Verbs
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Form the past and past participle by adding
-d or –ed to the base/infinitive form.
Base/Infinitive
Form
Present
Participle
Past
Past Participle
Drip
(is) dripping
Dripped
(have) dripped
Patch
(is) patching
Patched
(have) patched
Report
(is) reporting
Reported
(have) reported
Irregular Verbs
(see p. 195-6 for a complete list.)
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Form the past and past participle in some
other way than adding –d or –ed.
Base/Infinitive Past
Form
Participle
Past
Past Participle
Leave
(is) leaving
left
(have) left
Sing
(is) singing
Sang
(have) sung
Burst
(is) bursting
Burst
(have) burst
Dictation: Common Irregular
Verbs
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I will say the infinitive: Write down the
present participle, past, and past
participle.
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For example:
• I say: “Begin”
• You write: (is) beginning, began, (have)
begun.
Review Warm up
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Ex. 2 on pg 196
Homework
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Ex. 3 on page. 197-198
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Read pg. 198 – 206. This will really help
as we tackle tenses on Friday.
Verbs: Day Two
Warm Up:
 Pg. 204, Ex. 6
Verb tense= time of action/state of
being (keep tense consistent in
writing)
• Present Tense= used to express an action or
state of being now occurring; to convey a
general truth; to discuss plot of literary work.
• I teach grammar with the help of PowerPoint.
• Macbeth plans on killing Duncan.
• Past Tense=used to express an action or
state of being that occurred in the past but did
not continue into the present.
• I taught Macbeth last semester.
Tense con’t
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Future tense= used to express an action
or state of being that will/shall occur/
• I will teach Macbeth again next year.
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Present Perfect Tense=used to express
an action or state of being that occurred
at some indeinite time in the past or that
began in the past and continues into the
present. (uses has/have)
• I have taught students how to write.
Tense con’t
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Past perfect tense=used mainly to express an
action or state of being that was completed in
the past before some other past occurrence.
(use had)
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We had purchased our tickets before the show sold out.
Future perfect tense= used to express an
action or state of being that will be completed
in the future before some other future
occurrence. (use will have/shall have)
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By the time this year has ended, my students will have
become great writers!
Review Warm-Up
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Ex. 6, pg. 204
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Homework: Ex. 7, pg. 205
Verbs: Day Three
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Warm Up: None
Lay vs. Lie
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Question 1: What do
you want to say? Is the
meaning “to be in a lying
position,” or is it “to put
something down”?
Question 2: What time
does the verb express,
and which principal part
is used to show this
time?
Lie “to assume Lay “to put or
a lying position” place
something”
lie, (is) lying, lay,
(have) lain
lay, (is) laying,
laid, (have) laid
Intransitive verb Transitive verb
(does not take an (takes an object)
object)
The floral pattern You lay the fabric
lies on top of the on the dining
fabric
room table.
Practice
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Ex. 10 and Ex. 11, pg. 210
Sit vs. Set
sit “to rest in an upright
seated position”
set “to put something in a
place”
sit, (is) sitting, sat, (have)
sat
set, (is) setting, set,( have) set
Intransitive verb (usually
does not take object)
Transitive verb (takes an
object)
Sit on the beach.
Set your umbrella in the corner
Practice
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Ex: 14 and 15, pg. 212
Rise vs. Raise
rise “to go or get up”
raise “to cause something to
rise or to lift up”
rise, (is) rising, rose, (have)
risen
raise, (is) raising, raised,(
have) raised
Intransitive verb (does not
take object)
Transitive verb (takes an
object)
The sun rose over Los
Angeles.
Raise the signal flag of a
disabled vessel.
Practice
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Ex. 16, pg. 214
Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
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Active voice= subject of a verb performs
the action.
• We threw the stones across the water.
• The author reveals the theme through the
irony.
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Passive voice=subject receives the
action.
• The stones were thrown across the water.
• The theme is revealed through the irony.
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Use Active Voice in FORMAL WRITING!
Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
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Are the following sentences active or passive
voice? Change Passive Voice Sentences to
Active Voice.
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The class was given a tour of the school by the
principal.
The class was advised to pay attention by the teacher.
The information was understood by the class.
The theme is revealed in chapter 8.
At Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval fleet was attacked by
Japanese war planes.
Homework
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Ex. 8 pg. 206
Post Test 1 pg. 216-218