Verbs: Chapter 8

Warm Up:

Read pg. 194-196

Ex. 2 on page 196

4 Basic Parts of Verbs

Every verb has 4 basic principal parts: the base/infinitive form, the present participle, the past, and the past participle. • I park the car. [base/infinitive]

• I am parking the car. [present participle]

• I parked the car. [past of park]

• I have parked the car. [past participle]

Regular Verbs

Form the past and past participle by adding -d or –ed to the base/infinitive form.

Base/Infinitive Form

Present Participle

Past Past Participle

Drip (is) dripping Dripped (have) dripped

Patch (is) patching Patched (have) patched

Report (is) reporting Reported (have) reported

Irregular Verbs (see p. 195-6 for a complete list.)

Form the past and past participle in some other way than adding –d or –ed.

Base/Infinitive Form

Past Participle

Past Past Participle

Leave (is) leaving left (have) left

Sing (is) singing Sang (have) sung

Burst (is) bursting Burst (have) burst

Dictation: Common Irregular Verbs

I will say the infinitive: Write down the present participle, past, and past participle.

For example: • I say: “Begin”

• You write: (is) beginning, began, (have) begun.

Review Warm up

Ex. 2 on pg 196

Homework

Ex. 3 on page. 197-198

Read pg. 198 – 206. This will really help as we tackle tenses on Friday.

Verbs: Day Two

Warm Up: Pg. 204, Ex. 6

Verb tense= time of action/state of being (keep tense consistent in writing)

• Present Tense= used to express an action or state of being now occurring; to convey a general truth; to discuss plot of literary work.• I teach grammar with the help of PowerPoint.

• Macbeth plans on killing Duncan.

• Past Tense=used to express an action or state of being that occurred in the past but did not continue into the present.• I taught Macbeth last semester.

Tense con’t

Future tense= used to express an action or state of being that will/shall occur/• I will teach Macbeth again next year.

Present Perfect Tense=used to express an action or state of being that occurred at some indeinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues into the present. (uses has/have)• I have taught students how to write.

Tense con’t

Past perfect tense=used mainly to express an action or state of being that was completed in the past before some other past occurrence. (use had)• We had purchased our tickets before the show sold out.

Future perfect tense= used to express an action or state of being that will be completed in the future before some other future occurrence. (use will have/shall have)• By the time this year has ended, my students will have

become great writers!

Review Warm-Up

Ex. 6, pg. 204

Homework: Ex. 7, pg. 205

Verbs: Day Three

Warm Up: None

Lay vs. Lie Question 1: What do

you want to say? Is the meaning “to be in a lying position,” or is it “to put something down”?

Question 2: What time does the verb express, and which principal part is used to show this time?

Lie “to assume a lying position”

Lay “to put or place something”

lie, (is) lying, lay, (have) lain

lay, (is) laying, laid, (have) laid

Intransitive verb (does not take an object)

Transitive verb (takes an object)

The floral pattern lies on top of the fabric

You lay the fabric on the dining room table.

Practice

Ex. 10 and Ex. 11, pg. 210

Sit vs. Set

sit “to rest in an upright seated position”

set “to put something in a place”

sit, (is) sitting, sat, (have) sat

set, (is) setting, set,( have) set

Intransitive verb (usually does not take object)

Transitive verb (takes an object)

Sit on the beach. Set your umbrella in the corner

Practice

Ex: 14 and 15, pg. 212

Rise vs. Raise

rise “to go or get up” raise “to cause something to rise or to lift up”

rise, (is) rising, rose, (have) risen

raise, (is) raising, raised,( have) raised

Intransitive verb (does not take object)

Transitive verb (takes an object)

The sun rose over Los Angeles.

Raise the signal flag of a disabled vessel.

Practice

Ex. 16, pg. 214

Active Voice vs. Passive Voice Active voice= subject of a verb performs

the action.• We threw the stones across the water.

• The author reveals the theme through the irony.

Passive voice=subject receives the action.• The stones were thrown across the water.

• The theme is revealed through the irony. Use Active Voice in FORMAL WRITING!

Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

Are the following sentences active or passive voice? Change Passive Voice Sentences to Active Voice.• The class was given a tour of the school by the

principal.

• The class was advised to pay attention by the teacher.

• The information was understood by the class.

• The theme is revealed in chapter 8.

• At Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval fleet was attacked by Japanese war planes.

Homework

Ex. 8 pg. 206 Post Test 1 pg. 216-218