Verbs
What is a verb?
An action word
What letters do present participles typically end in?
-ing
A person place or thing
True or False: A Pronoun is the name of something
False
A possessive pronoun shows:
Ownership of something
True or false: A verb must be included in every sentence.
False
Ex: She was cold.
What letters do past participles typically end in?
-ed
A helping verb is an action.
False
Replace each word below with a pronoun:
Rachel
John
The cat
She
He
It
Make the phrase possessive:
The flowers of the teacher
Teacher's flowers
Does the sentence below have a verb? If so, what is it?
The little girl was outside all day long.
No
What are the past participles in the sentence below?
The confused man walked the wrong way.
- Confused
- Walked
Write the plural form of each noun:
Leaf
Mouse
Guppy
Toad
Leaves
Mice
Guppies
Toads
I went to the store with her to get some coffee creamer.
Her
What punctuation do we use to show ownership of something?
An apostrophe (')
Identify the verbs in the sentence:
The girl cried until her mother ran up to her and wrapped her up in a blanket.
Cried, ran, wrapped
The past participle in the sentence below is incorrect. What is it? How do you fix it?
The prince kneeled down to help her up.
Kneeled = knelt
Identify the plural noun and the helping verb in the sentence below.
The girls were so happy to be surrounded by so many puppies!
PN- Puppies
HV- were
Change the sentence below so it has a pronoun.
Jessica was so excited to be at the football game!
She was so excited to be at the football game!
What is the irregular pronoun for each word?
Person
Child
Calf
Leaf
Foot
People
Children
Calves
Leaves
Feet
Write your own sentence containing at least 3 verbs.
The girl cried until her mother ran up to her and wrapped her up in a blanket.
Write BOTH the past and present participle for each word below:
Swing
Fly
Create
Throw
Swung, Swinging
Flew, Flying
Created, creating
Threw, throwing
Which of the following is NOT a helping verb?
Am, is, are, was, she, were, have, has
She
Which of the following is NOT a pronoun?
I, you, we, are, she, it, they
Are
True or False:
To make an irregular pronoun plural, you just add the letter "S"
False
Ex: Man --> Men, NOT mans