Helping Verbs & Verbs Tense

Verb & Helping Verbs
Tense Lesson

Standards:

L.6.1.c Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.

ELA | ELD

L.6.1.c Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.

​Learning Targets

• Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

• Maintain consistent and logical verb tense in sentences, paragraphs, and passage

Subject | Subject

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Poll

Self-Assessment

How confident do you feel now about verb tenses?

1 being the least confident....4 is the most confident

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Quick Check

What is a verb?

What is verb tense? What are the 3 common verb tenses?

Subject | Subject

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What are verbs?

Verbs describe actions, whether physical or mental.

• These words also describe a state of being.

• Every sentence needs at least one verb.

For example:
Peter ran across the field, kicked the ball,
and scored a goal.

Main Verbs

Main verbs show the action or state of being in a sentence.

For example:

• She goes for a run every morning.

• The dog barks loudly.

• The team played soccer yesterday.

• Adam is driving a new car.

Helping Verbs

Helping verbs assist the main verb in a sentence.

For example:

• Carol is studying for her test.

• Did you do your chores?

• They had a great time at the party.

• You should eat your vegetables every day.

• They have been working all day.

​Quick Check

The common helping verbs:
-as -is -are -was -were

-be -being -been

-do -does -did

-has -have -had

-can -will -shall

-could -would -should

-must -may -might

​When you see a helping verb linked with a verb, the helping verb tells when the action happened.

REMEMBER!!!!!!
Helping Verbs

...cannot stand on their own!

Multiple Choice

She painted her room purple because that's her favorite color.

• past tense

• present tense

• future tense

Multiple Choice

Henry will ride the bus three days a week next year.

• past tense

• present tense

• future tense

Multiple Choice

My teacher last year taught me how to multiply!

• past tense

• present tense

• future tense

Match

Match the following

• past

• specific point in the past

• present

• specific point in the future

• future

I ate.

I had eaten.

I am eating.

I will have eaten.

I will eat.

• I ate.

• I had eaten.

• I am eating.

• I will have eaten.

• I will eat.

Match

Match the following

• present

• future

• She looked out of the window.

He looks tired.

We will look everywhere for her keys.

past

• He looks tired.

• We will look everywhere for her keys.

• past

Match

Match the following

• The water drips from the faucet incessantly.

• The sticky syrup dripped onto the book I was reading.

• The rain will drip off the roof into that flower pot for years.

present

past

future

• present

• past

• future

Open Ended

What is the past tense of take?

Multiple Choice

Using the Passage to Identify Tense

But we had agreed beforehand to take the train to the shore.

• NO CHANGE

• had to of agreed

• have agree

• agreed that

Multiple Choice

Using the Passage to Identify Tense

By the time I learned scuba diving had begun in the 1600s with deep underwater exploration, I am developing a habit of looking for a place to dive in every coastal town.

• NO CHANGE

• have developed

• had developed

• have been developing

Multiple Choice

Using the Passage to Identify Tense

I was on a boat across the harbor from Rhode Island last weekend, sitting on a hard bench between my parents.

• NO CHANGE

• is

• will be

• would have been sitting

Multiple Choice

Using the Passage to Identify Tense

The drapes and curtains are bright pink, and the tile on the walls has been painted to match, although later it was covered with a more neutral varnish.

• NO CHANGE

• have been

• were

• are

Multiple Choice

Flowers hang on the walls, and ivy vines had sprawled everywhere.

• NO CHANGE

• sprawl

• sprawled

• could have sprawled

Multiple Choice

When her friends found her two hours later - still reading on the couch - Jill was prepared to remind them that she often loses track of time.

• NO CHANGE

• has been preparing

• will be prepared

• is prepared

Poll

Self-Assessment

How confident do you feel now about verb tenses?

1 being the least confident....4 is the most confident

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4