Verb Tenses
Kyle went the store yesterday like he always does on Sundays.
Is this sentence past, present or future?
Past
What is an inference?
A guess that we can make using context clues.
What is the problem in a play called?
Conflict
Rewrite the sentence correctly:
The students is going to do well tomorrow.
The students are going to do well tomorrow.
Write the past tense for these three words:
buy, grow, see
bought, grew, saw
(Ricky slams the door behind him.)
We can infer that Ricky is...
mad, upset, angry
What are stage directions in a play?
The words in parentheses that tell the characters how to say something or what to do.
(Character 1 places the tray on the table.)
Rewrite the sentence correctly:
Carl and his friends has a game tomorrow.
Carl and his friends have a game tomorrow.
Write the past tense for these three words:
sink, chop, sing
sank, chopped, sang
Charlie rolls his eyes at his friend.... we can infer that Charlie is.....
annoyed, upset, being dramatic
What is dialogue, and what does it tell the reader about the characters?
The words the characters say, and it shows us the personality of the characters.
Rewrite the sentence correctly:
My sister and I wents to the beach. She swim in the water, but I boogey boarded.
My sister and I went to the beach. She swam in the water, but I boogey boarded.
Change the sentence into past tense..
Randy go to the movies yesterday and he see Manny there.
Randy went to the movies yesterday and he saw Manny there.
Jacob's legs were shaking before he went on stage, but he rocked the stage and the crowd went wild.
Making an inference, how was Jacob feeling before he took the stage?
Nervous, Excited, Scared
What are two reasons why a playwright is divided into scenes?
The setting can change as well as time has passed by.
Fix the sentence below:
Jerry and Tom both has chores today, but they did not wants to do them.
Jerry and Tom both have chores today, but they did not want to do them.
Change the sentence into past tense:
The teacher tell Brady to sit down multiple times but he never listens to her.
The teacher told Brady to sit down multiple times but he never listened to her.
"Pizza and burgers are always good food to have. Pizza is cheesy and always served hot. A whole pizza is big so you can share with friends. Burgers are great for watching sports and small enough fit into your hand, and you can put anything on a burger."
We can infer this story is organized with what text structure?
Compare and Contrast
A playwright has a setting of a graveyard at night. What is that showing us? CHOOSE 2!
A. To scare the characters
B. To show it is going to be a happy story
C. To show it is going to be a scary story
D. To help the readers visualize the setting
E. To explain the book's plot
C & D
Rewrite AND Combine the two sentence:
Kyle are always early to school. Not always this early.
Kyle is always early to school but not always this early.