WHAT DO THESE WORDS HAVE IN COMMMON?• Pour• Laugh• Soar• Run• Toss• Catch• Skip• Sent• Swim• Drink• Open• Carry

• Am• Were• Are• Will be• Is• Have been • Was• Will have been

What do these words show?

Action

Rules for verbsVerbs are usually followed in a sentence by a direct object or indirect object. Example: Snow White bit the apple.Apple is the Direct Object of the verb bit.The witch cut Rapunzel’s hair. Which is which?Example: The witch gave Snow White the apple.Snow White is the Indirect Object; apple is the D.O.

Group Two

These verbs are “state of being”; these verbs do not show action.

These verbs “link” the subject in the sentence to a word (or words) that give information – a description about it.

• Am• Were• Are• Will be• Is• Have been • Was• Will have been

Verbs and their tenses• Present Tense: The frog jumps.• Past Tense: The frog jumped.• Future Tense: The frog will jump.• Present Perfect Tense: The frog has jumped six times today.• Past Perfect Tense: The frog had jumped only once before it

rained.• Future Perfect Tense: The frog will have jumped more than

once hundred times by next Sunday.

What’s the difference?

• The ball was hit• The food was eaten• The balloon was popped• The doorbell was rung• The song was sung• The book was read• The fire was put out

• The boy hit the ball• The dog ate the food• The girl popped the

balloon• The woman rang the

doorbell• The singer sang the song• The teacher read the book• The firemen put out the

fire

In the ACTIVE VOICE, the subject of the sentence (person, animal or thing) forming the action, is present before the verb.

In the PASSIVE VOICE, the subject of the sentence is usually not present.

• The ball was hit• The food was eaten• The balloon was popped• The doorbell was rung• The song was sung• The book was read• The fire was put out

• The boy hit the ball• The dog ate the food• The girl popped the

balloon• The woman rang the

doorbell• The singer sang the song• The teacher read the

book• The firemen put out the

fire

These words are multiple meaning words. They can be used as either nouns or verbs in sentences (and some can be used as adjectives).

The Gremlin’s favorite food was pumpkin cake.The Gremlin had food caked on his face.

When Jack came to a bend in the road, he didn’t know which way to go.The giant had to bend the beanstalk in half before he could yank it out of the ground.

•Choose three words from the list and use them in a sentence.•Use the same three words in another sentence, but don’t use them the same way.