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Verbs micro-lesson
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This lesson is all about verbs. So, verbs are sometimes called doing words because many verbs name an action that someone or something does. Many verbs also name states or feelings such as, “I like something.” Verbs can have different tenses. Tenses control the time of a sentence. For example, “I jumped,” “I am jumping,” or, “I will jump.” Many people mix verbs and nouns as nouns can also name actions and states. Many words such as love can be a verb or a noun depending on how they are used. So, one tip for finding a verb or verbs in a sentence is to change the tense or time of the sentence and see which words change. For example, “I will eat dinner at six,” versus, “Yesterday, I ate dinner at six.” Since the words that change from one sentence to another were ‘will eat’ and ‘ate’, then we know those are the verbs of the sentences.
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How many verbs are in the sentence 'He was sleeping soundly.'?
1) 22) 13) 34) 4 -
How many verbs are in the sentence 'He quickly ran to the shops.'?
1) 12) 23) 34) 4 -
What is the verb in the sentence 'Always close the door!'?
1) close2) Always3) the4) door -
Verbs can be...
1) states or feelings such as 'like'.2) colours such as blue.3) animals such as pigs.4) places such as a library. -
Which of the following best describes verbs?
1) doing words2) describing words3) linking words4) naming words -
What is the verb in the sentence 'I like jelly sandwiches.'?
1) like2) jelly3) I4) sandwiches -
When we change the tense of a sentence which part of speech will change?
1) verbs2) nouns3) adjectives4) adverbs -
What is the verb in the sentence 'He played quietly with his toys'?
1) played2) quietly3) toys4) he -
What do tenses of verbs control?
1) The timing of a verb.2) The length of a verb.3) The speed of a verb.4) The direction of a verb. -
Words such as 'love' can be a verb or a noun depending on how they are used?
1) Yes2) No
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