Verb Tense
What is a verb tense?
It tells WHEN something happens (past, present, or future)
What does "aspect" tell us?
It tells us HOW THE ACTION IS HAPPENING over time
What is an auxiliary verb?
A HELPING VERB that comes before the main verb (ex., is, have, can)
He jump on the bed
He jumps on the bed
What is a subject in a sentence?
The person, place, or thing doing the action
What Tense: He plays soccer
Present tense
What aspect: She is reading a book
Present progressive
Identify the helper: She is singing
Is
They as happy at the party.
They were happy at the party
Find the subject and predicate: The cat ran
Subject: The cat; Predicate: ran
Change to past: She runs to school
She ran to school
Make a sentence in perfect aspect
Example: I have eaten breakfast
Add an auxiliary: he ___ eating
is (he IS eating)
I can goes to the store
I can go to the store
What is the object in: He kicked the ball
the ball
Change to future: They eat lunch at noon
They will eat lunch at noon
Is this perfect or progressive? They had left
Perfect (past perfect)
List 3 auxiliary verbs.
is, are, was (others: has, had, can, will, etc.)
We is playing outside now.
We are playing outside now
Make a sentence with subject, verb, object, and adverb
Ex: the dog (subject) chased (verb) the cat (object) quickly (adverb)