Language Arts 1- Notes on Verbs
Verbs are words that show action or being.
Examples:
Sam reviews her lessons every day. (action)
Teacher Annie is our principal. (being)
A. Simple Past Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that happened in the past.
 Time expressions: yesterday, last night, a while
ago, last month, a few years ago, before etc.
 Ex. Amanda talked to her teacher yesterday.
To form the past tense, we use the base form of the verb
then add –d (examples: danced, shared, recited), -ed
(examples: talked, played, prayed, reviewed), or change y
to i before adding –ed (examples: studied, fried, tried).
B. Simple Present Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that regularly happen or are
statements.
 Time expressions in the present tense: every
day, every morning, often, regularly, monthly,
yearly, etc.
 Ex. Yanna visits the chapel every morning.
To form the present tense, we use the base form of the
action word or we add –s/-es to the base form.
Examples: We greet each other every day.
She greets me every day.
Examples: Max is our pet dog.
Ben and Jerry are our two cats in the house.
C. Simple Future Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that will happen some time
in the future.
 Time expressions in the future tense:
tomorrow, next week, in a few months etc.
 Example: We will go to Subic next week.
To form the future tense, we add will or shall to the
base form of the verb.
D. On-going Action (Present Progressive Tense): We
use this form of the verb when we talk about actions
happening at this very moment.
 Time expression for on-going action: now, at
this time, presently etc.
 Example: Mother is preparing our dinner now.
To form the verb that shows on-going action, we use:
am/is/are + base form of the verb + ing.
Exercise: Read the sentences. Take note of the time
expressions. Encircle the best form of the verb.
1. Tet (goes, is going, will go) to the market tomorrow.
2. Camille (dances, danced, is dancing) to the song,
“Shine Jesus, Shine” a couple of days ago.
3. Brian and Giselle (work, worked, are working) on the
script now.
For verbs that show being, we use is when we talk about 4. My friends (is, are) Angel, Kris, and Liza.
5. Marivic (shares, shared, is sharing) her food with her
one (1) person, place, or thing in the sentence. We use
are when we talk about many persons, places, or things. classmates every recess time.
Language Arts 1- Notes on Verbs
Verbs are words that show action or being.
Examples:
Sam reviews her lessons every day. (action)
Teacher Annie is our principal. (being)
A. Simple Past Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that happened in the past.
 Time expressions: yesterday, last night, a while
ago, last month, a few years ago, before, etc.
 Ex. Amanda talked to her teacher yesterday.
To form the past tense, we use the base form of the verb
then add –d (examples: danced, shared, recited), -ed
(examples: talked, played, prayed, reviewed), or change y
to i before adding –ed (examples: studied, fried, tried).
B. Simple Present Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that regularly happen or are
statements.
 Time expressions in the present tense: every
day, every morning, often, regularly, monthly,
yearly, etc.
 Ex. Yanna visits the chapel every morning.
To form the present tense, we use the base form of the
action word or we add –s/-es to the base form.
Examples: We greet each other every day.
She greets me every day.
Examples: Max is our pet dog.
Ben and Jerry are our two cats in the house.
C. Simple Future Tense: We use this form of the verb
when we talk about actions that will happen some time
in the future.
 Time expressions in the future tense:
tomorrow, next week, in a few months etc.
 Example: We will go to Subic next week.
To form the future tense, we add will or shall to the
base form of the verb.
D. On-going Action (Present Progressive Tense): We
use this form of the verb when we talk about actions
happening at this very moment.
 Time expression for on-going action: now, at
this time, presently etc.
 Example: Mother is preparing our dinner now.
To form the verb that shows on-going action, we use:
am/is/are + base form of the verb + ing.
Exercise: Read the sentences. Take note of the time
expressions. Encircle the best form of the verb.
1. Tet (goes, is going, will go) to the market tomorrow.
2. Camille (dances, danced, is dancing) to the song,
“Shine Jesus, Shine” a couple of days ago.
3. Brian and Giselle (work, worked, are working) on the
script now.
For verbs that show being, we use is when we talk about 4. My friends (is, are) Angel, Kris, and Liza.
5. Marivic (shares, shared, is sharing) her food with her
one (1) person, place, or thing in the sentence. We use
are when we talk about many persons, places, or things. classmates every recess time.
Flow for Loren’s Class
Dec. 9, 2011 (Friday)
A. Review of Verb Tenses:
Teacher will draw 4 columns on the board. 1st column- yesterday (past), 2nd column-every day (present),
3rd column- tomorrow (future), 4th column-now (ongoing).
She will ask some leading questions one at a time then write (in the appropriate column) the verbs that
the students will say (Can be think-pair-share first before T writes the answers on the board):
 What did you do yesterday after you heard mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?
 What do you or your parents do every day/ every morning?
 What will you do tomorrow?
 Look around you now, what are your classmates doing?
B. Review of verb tenses with focus on time expressions (see notes for Grade 1)
C. Do this exercise as a class:
Read the sentences. Take note of the time expressions. Choose the best verb from the parentheses.
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Cai (fixed, fixes, is fixing) her hair every morning.
Jessy and Alex (reviews, will review, reviewed) their answers before they passed their paper.
Andrea (is, are) a responsible student.
My classmates (is, are) excited for Christmas.
Martha (dressed, is dressing, dresses) up now.
Karla (passed, is passing, will pass) her art project later.
D. On their own (in their notebooks):
Read the sentences. Take note of the time expressions. Write the best verb to complete the sentence.
Choose from the parentheses. Write only the verb on your notebooks.
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My classmates and I (prayed, pray, will pray) every morning.
Last week, we (walk, will walk, walked) towards the chapel.
I (am trying, try, will try) to read more books next week.
My sister (is, are) a caring sibling.
My grandparents (is, are) very thoughtful.
My teacher (checks, checked, is checking) the attendance now.
E. Checking of notebook exercise
F. EQ: Why is it important to use the correct time expressions and forms of the verb?
*G. Pasting of notes on the notebook (*if reproduced copies are already available)
H. Copying of memo
*1. See LA ntbk- Review notes on verb tenses (* if pasted earlier)
2. Bring LA notebooks #3 and #4 on Dec. 15.