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Verbs!

Verbs!. What is a verb?. It is a word that shows action or state of being Action: run, swim, jump, taste, fall, dream State of Being: be, appear, seem, feel Can you write a real sentence without verbs? NO!

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Verbs!

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  1. Verbs!

  2. What is a verb? • It is a word that shows action or state of being • Action: run, swim, jump, taste, fall, dream • State of Being: be, appear, seem, feel Can you write a real sentence without verbs? NO! [There are no way we without verbs. Nothing. Without any action words, our sentences…dead. No communication. Action…being…without them, well, nothing.]

  3. Verb Tenses • Verb tenses let us know what the action happens. • Main tenses: present, past, and future • Present: I ace tests sometimes, but not often enough. • Past: I aced the test yesterday. • Future: I know I will ace the test tomorrow.

  4. The Six Tenses • Present Tense: Expresses action which is happening now or which happens continually • I eat pizza often. • Daisy chooses this spot for the beach party.

  5. The Six Tenses: Past • Past Tense: Expresses action which is completed at a particular time in the past. • I ate pizza last night. • Daisy chose this spot for the beach party.

  6. The Six Tenses: Future • Future Tense: Expresses action that will take place • I will eat pizza later today. • Daisy will choose this spot.

  7. The Six Tenses: Present Perfect • Present Perfect Tense: Expresses action that took place in the past and may still be going on • I have eaten pizza many times. • Daisy has chosen this spot.

  8. The Six Tenses: Past Perfect • Past Perfect Tense: Expresses action which began in the past and was completed in the past • I had eaten pizza just before you arrived. • Daisy had chosen this spot for the beach party.

  9. The Six Tenses: Future Perfect • Future Perfect Tense: Expresses action or existence which will begin and will be completed by a specific time in the future • I will have eaten pizza at least a million times by the year 2010. • Daisy will have chosen the spot by tomorrow.

  10. Progressive Forms • There are also progressive forms of the tenses, which means that the action continues for a while: • Present progressive: I am eating pizza. • Past progressive: I was eating pizza when you called. • Future progressive: I will be eating pizza at 8:30 tonight. • Present perfect progressive: I have been eating pizza all day. • Past perfect progressive: I had been eating pizza for three house when Mom said my eyeballs looked like pepperonis. • Future perfect progressive: I will have been eating pizza for five hours nonstop when bedtime rolls around.

  11. Be consistent! • Weak: I arrived home late and Mom fusses at me for not calling to let her know where I will be. • I arrived home = past tense • Mom fusses = present tense • where I will be = future tense • Better: I arrived home late and Mom fussed at me for not calling to let her know where I had been. • I arrived home = past tense • Mom fussed = past tense • where I had been = past perfect tense

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