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    Verbs

    What they do, why we need them and how to spot them

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    What do verbs do?

    • Every sentence needs a verb

    • It indicates an action

    • They are 'doing' words

  • Question 3
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    Verbs are doing/action words -


    What is the verb in this sentence?


    John kicked the ball

    answer choices

    John

    kicked

    ball

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    Basic Verbs - Be and Have

    To be - this is very common but also an irregular verb


    To be becomes am, is, are, was, were, will be, depending on the noun and the tense


    Have is an irregular verb - have, had, will have

  • Question 5
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    Find the verb in this sentence:


    John has the ball

    answer choices

    John

    ball

    has

  • Question 6
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    Write the verb as you spot it in the following sentence:


    Christmas is tomorrow!

    answer
    is
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    Verbs are easy to spot because

    They change tense

    They are the only words that change tense and therefore are easy to locate!


    John kicked the ball is in the past tense


    In the present tense the verb changes - John kicks the ball


    In the future tense, it changes again - John will kick the ball


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    Be careful though...

    Verbs in the past tense can be used as ADJECTIVES


    The way to spot this is if the word in the past tense has a verb before it - is/was/are it usually is an adjective describing a mood or feeling.


    For example


    After he kicked the ball, John was pleased

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    Verbs are difficult to spot because...

    Verbs can be TWO words!!!

    Verbs can help each other - these are called auxilliary verbs


    They help the tense, mood and voice of the verb


    John had kicked the ball


    John might kick the ball


    The football is kicked by John

  • Question 10
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    Q.

    Write the word from the following sentence that is the verb.


    Mary returned her envelope quickly.

    answer
    returned
  • Question 11
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    Identify the word or words that are verbs in the following sentence:


    Gary will walk to school tomorrow.

    answer
    will walk
  • Question 12
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    Identify the verb in this sentence:


    Ben is five years old tomorrow and he is excited.

    answer choices

    five

    is

    years

    excited

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