Transcript Unit 3 Week 4

Eye of the Storm
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The tense of a verb tells when an action
happens.
A verb in the present tense tells about action
that is happening now.
A verb in the past tense tells about actions
that has already happened. Many past tense
verbs end in –ed.
A verb in the future tense tells about action
that will happen in the future. The helping
verb will is added to a verb to form the future
tense.
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Present Tense
The rain pours. We use
umbrellas.
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Past Tense
It rained last night. We
waded in puddles.
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Future Tense
The rain will stop
tomorrow.
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When a verb ends with e, drop the e before
adding -ed: save/saved.
When a one-syllable verb ends with one
vowel followed by one consonant, double the
final consonant before adding –ed:
clap/clapped.
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When a verb ends with a consonant followed
by y, change the y to i before adding –ed:
hurry/hurried.
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My dog hates thunderstorms.
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He hides under the bed during a storm.
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Last summer a storm arrived one
afternoon.
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The wind nearly knocked me over.
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Next time I will stay in doors.
My family take a summer vacation every
year. (present)
 We often visit beautiful places. (present)
 Last summer we camp in a state forest.
(past)
 It rain for six days. (past)
 We worry about our leaky tent. ( past)
 Water drip on our heads. (past)
 We shiver in the cold. (past)
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close
melt
play
stop
rain
shine
chain
snow
My sister Sarah and I love winter weather. We were
happy last week because it _______ for 24 hours.
All the traffic in town _______. Our school _______
at noon. Sarah and I _______ outside all
afternoon. Unfortunately, the weather ______
tomorrow. The forecasters predict that it ______.
After that, the sun _____. Our poor snowman
____________.
Pedro’s mom ____ him home from school
most days.
A. drived
B. driving
C. drive
D. drives
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Normally the trip _______ minutes.
takes
B. taking
C. take
D. taked
One day last year Pedro _____ his mom at
the front door.
will wait
B. wait
C. waited D. waitd
When she arrived, Pedro _____ to the car.
A. hurry’s
B. Hurryed C. hurried D. hurreed
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Just before he got there, a tree branch
______ down on the car.
Will crash
B. crash
C. crasht D. crashed
The branch _____ Pedro’s mom inside the
car.
A. Trapped B. traped C. trappied D. trappt
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Earth’s climate changes over the centuries.
Sometimes it gets warmer.
The polar ice caps retreat in warm periods.
Tropical plants grow in the northern forests.
During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered
Canada.
Many animals died in the cold.
Today many scientist predict another
change.
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I love all kinds of stormy weather.
(present)
Long ago, I beg to go out in the rain.
(past)
I hop over puddles. (past)
I race to school. (past)
I try to catch snowflakes in my mouth.
(past)
I still enjoy rain, sleet, and snow.
(present)