Herbie Student

ELA Language

5/7/19

Title: “Verb Tenses: Past, Present, Future”/SLE 6

STEP #1 - TYPE THE OBJECTIVE. PARAPHRASE THE UNDERLINED

WORDS. ​- 5 MINUTES - GROUP

I will ​distinguish verb​ ​tenses.

I will compare and contrast action words

that indicate when events occur.

STEP #2 - I WILL PASS BACK YOUR PAPERS FROM YESTERDAY.

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ​OR​ COMPLETE THE TASKS. - ​10
MINUTES GROUP

1. What makes the ​THIRD PERSON SINGULAR​ different from all of

the other verbs in the ​PRESENT TENSE?
2. ​COMPARE​ the endings of the verbs in the ​PAST TENSE​.
3. How many verbs do you see in the ​FUTURE TENSE?
VERBS​ TELL US ​WHO OR WHAT​ DID THE​ ACTION​. THIS IS CALLED
PERSON​.
VERBS​ ​TELL US​ ​WHEN T
​ HE​ ACTION OCCURS​ (=HAPPENS). ​THIS IS
CALLED​ ​TENSE.
VERBS ​TELL US​ HOW MANY PEOPLE OR THINGS DO ​THE​ ACTION.

SOME VERBS CONNECT WORDS TOGETHER​, JUST ​LIKE LINKS

CONNECT WEBSITES.​ THESE ARE CALLED ​LINKING VERBS.

STEP #3 - TEACHER FOR A DAY - I WILL CHOOSE ONE STUDENT TO BE

TEACHER FOR A DAY. ON YOUR GOOGLE DOC, YOU WILL ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTION - ​INDIVIDUAL WORK

1. Do you think the Teacher for a Day answered all of the questions
correctly? Give specific reasons for your answer.

STEP #4 - LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE. FIND ALL OF THE VERBS. - ​GROUP 20

minutes

● IF YOU THINK THE ​VERB​ IS IN ​PAST TENSE​, HIGHLIGHT THE ​VERB​ IN

BLUE.

● IF YOU THINK THE ​VERB​ IS IN ​PRESENT TENSE,​ HIGHLIGHT THE ​VERB ​IN
GREEN.

● IF YOU THINK THE ​VERB​ IS IN​ ​FUTURE TENSE​, ​HIGHLIGHT BOTH ​VERBS
IN PURPLE.
 This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit,
and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses
had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of
mind, and people considered them very respectable, not
only because most of them were rich, but also because
they never had any adventures or did anything
unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on
any question without the bother of asking him.
This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and
found himself doing and saying things
altogether unexpected. He may have lost the neighbours’
respect, but he gained—well, you will see whether he
gained anything in the end.

STEP #5 - RETYPE EACH ​VERB​. THEN, TELL ME WHY YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE
VERB​ IN THAT COLOR. WHICH LETTERS OR WORDS HELPED YOU FIGURE OUT
THE ​VERB TENSE. - ​GROUP 20 MINUTES
STEP #6 - CHOOSE FIVE OF THOSE VERBS AND CREATE A NEW ​SENTENCE
WITH THOSE ​VERBS.

STEP #7 - ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

HOW IS THIS ASSIGNMENT RELATED TO SLE #6?

STEP #7 - WRITE FIFTEEN SENTENCES:
FIVE MUST HAVE A VERB IN ​PAST TENSE.

FIVE MUST HAVE A VERB IN ​PRESENT TENSE.

FIVE MUST HAVE A VERB IN​ FUTURE TENSE.