Harcourt Journeys:
Grammar Skills
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Unit 2: Lesson 7
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This week’s skills:
Part 1: Present and Past Tense
Part 2: Future Verb Tense
Part 3: Consistent Use of Tense
Part 4: Simple Subject/Predicate
Part 5: Sentence Fluency
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Present & Past Tense Verbs:
Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson
Part 2: Projectable 7.6
Part 3: Practice Book Page 79
Part 4: Adapted Worksheets
Present Tense Worksheet
Past Tense Worksheet
Present & Past Tense Sheet
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Part 1: Present & Past
Tense Verbs
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VERB
REVIEW
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An action verb tells
what a person or
thing does.
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LET’S SEE IF YOU
CAN FIND THE
ACTION VERBS IN
THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES.
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EXAMPLE:
The princess walked down the
hill.
What’s the verb?
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EXAMPLE:
An ugly frog sees the princess
and waves to her.
What are the verbs?
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EXAMPLE:
The frog and the princess
meet.
What’s the verb?
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EXAMPLE:
The frog falls in love with the
princess and thinks about her
all of the time.
What are the verbs?
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VERB
TENSES
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Click on the link to watch
the Brain Pop Video:
http://www.brainpop.com/english/gramm
ar/tenses/preview.weml
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Today, we are going
to study verb
tenses.
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A verb tense tells
when an action
takes place.
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There are 3 main
verb tenses:
present
past
future
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PRESENT
TENSE
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Watch this video to
learn more about the
present tense.
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SUM IT UP
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Present tense
verbs tell what’s
happening now.
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2 RULES FOR
THE PRESENT
TENSE
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RULE # 1
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RULE: If the subject
of the sentence is
singular, then we
usually add s to the
verb.
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EXAMPLES
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Michael shares his
pencil with Justin.
Delainey raises her
hand to speak.
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Tyler knows the
answer.
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The only time that
you don’t add s is
when the verb
goes with the word
you or I.
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You raise your hand.
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I know the answer.
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EXCEPTION
TO THE
RULE
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EXCEPTION: If the
subject of the
sentence is singular
and the verb ends in
ch, sh, s, x, or z, then
add es to the verb.
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EXAMPLES
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Aaron rushes to the
bus.
Marlene munches on
her lunch.
The snake hisses.
The busy bee buzzes.
Mrs. Green faxes the
letter.
RULE # 2
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RULE: If the subject
of the sentence is
plural, then we
usually just leave
the verb alone.
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EXAMPLES
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The kids like school!
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The children play
outside.
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The boys kick the
ball.
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The girls swing.
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HINTS
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Sometimes a writer will
use clue words that
signal the present.
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These words indicate that
actions are happening now:
Presently
Now
At the
moment
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PAST
TENSE
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Watch this video to
learn more about the
past tense.
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SUM IT UP
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Past tense verbs
tell about what
happened in the
past.
5 RULES FOR
THE PAST
TENSE
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RULE # 1
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Rule 1: We usually
add -ed to make a
verb past tense.
EXAMPLES
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The kids crossed the
street.
Alexis walked the
dog.
Paul talked on the
phone with Nakita.
RULE # 2
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Rule 2: If a verb
already ends in e,
just add -d to make
a verb past tense.
EXAMPLES
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The bees chased
Mitchell.
Conner raced down
the road.
RULE # 3
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Rule 3: If a verb
ends with a
consonant and y,
change the y to i
and add ed.
EXAMPLES
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Alaina carryied her
books to class.
Kyle studyied for the
spelling test.
RULE # 4
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Rule 4: If a vowel
comes before the
y, just add ed.
EXAMPLES
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Blair and Michael
played basketball at
recess.
Domanic stayed up
late to watch TV.
RULE # 5
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Rule 5: If a short
vowel comes right
before a consonant,
double the
consonant, then add
ed.
EXAMPLES
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Jessa stopped at the
traffic light.
Justin tapped his way
to fame!
Naomi stepped up
the ladder.
Sierra hopped for 10
minutes at recess.
HINTS
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Sometimes a writer will
use clue words that
signal the past.
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These words indicate that an
action happened in the past:
Yesterday
Ago
Last
Week,
Month,
Year…
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Projectable 7.6
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 79.
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Adapted Worksheet
Present Tense
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Adapted Worksheet
Past Tense
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Adapted Worksheet
Present & Past Tense
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Future Tense Verbs:
Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson
Part 2: Projectable 7.7
Part 3: Practice Book Page 80
Part 4: Adapted Worksheet
Verb Tenses
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Part 2: Future Tense
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Click on the link to watch
the Brain Pop Video:
http://www.brainpop.com/english/gramm
ar/tenses/preview.weml
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A verb tense tells
when an action
takes place.
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There are 3 main
verb tenses:
present
past
future
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FUTURE
TENSE
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Watch this video to
learn about the future
tense.
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SUM IT UP
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A future tense verb
tells about something
that will happen.
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We create the future tense
by using helping verbs like
will, shall, might, or may
with the plain verb form.
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EXAMPLES
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Kaitlynn may study
for the test.
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Quinton will answer
the question.
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We shall go home at
3:15 today.
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Jessa might stay after
school for practice.
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HINTS
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Sometimes a writer will
use clue words that
signal the future.
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These words indicate that actions
will happen in the future:
Next
time
Tomorrow
In the
future
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Projectable 7.7
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 80.
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Adapted Worksheet
Verb Tenses
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Consistent Use of Verb Tenses:
Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson
Part 2: Projectable 7.8
Part 3: Practice Book Page 81
Part 4: Adapted Worksheet
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Part 3: Consistent Use
of Verb Tense
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VERBS
REVIEW
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Click on the image below to
review verbs and their tenses:
Action Verbs
A Project LA Activity
jump
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Click on the image below to
review verbs and their tenses:
Verbs. What is a verb?
A verb is a word which describes the
action in a sentence (the doing word)
Examples
I play football.
They skip quickly.
We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.
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VERB
TENSE
REVIEW
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Click on the link to watch
the Brain Pop Jr. Video:
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/
sentence/tenses/
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CONSISTENT
USE OF
VERB TENSE
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Click on the image below to
review consistent verb tense:
Consistent Verb Tense
Sentence Skills: A Workbook for
Writers, Form A
John Langan
©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Projectable 7.8
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 81.
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Simple Subjects & Predicates:
Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson
Part 2: Practice Book Page 82
Part 3: Adapted Worksheet
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Part 4: Simple Subjects
& Predicates
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SUBJECT &
PREDICATE
REVIEW
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Click on the image below to
review subject & Predicate:
Subjects & Predicates
Project LA Activity
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VERB
TENSE
REVIEW
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Click on the image below to
review verbs and their tenses:
Verb tenses tell us when things happen.
Events can happen in the
Past
Present
Future
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 82.
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Sentence Fluency:
Part 1: Practice Book Page 83
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Part 5: Sentence
Fluency
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 83.
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How did you do?
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SUM IT UP
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