Unit 5 Verbs 5.1 Action Verbs. What is an action verb? An action verb is a word that expresses action. Think back: Every sentence has two parts, a subject.

Unit 5 Verbs5.1 Action Verbs

What is an action verb?

• An action verb is a word that expresses action.

• Think back: Every sentence has two parts, a subject and a predicate. The main word in the predicate is often an action verb.

• The action verb tells what the subject of the sentence does or did.

What are the action verbs in the following sentences?

• Sylvia entered the short story contest.

• Now many people read her story.

• We enjoy her tale about a leprechaun.

Verbs can also express action you cannot see.

• I wonder about the contest.

• Robin hoped for a prize.

Show What You Know!!

• Get out your blue remotes.

• Directions: Choose the action verb in each sentence. Today’s work is a grade!!

1. We read the contest rules.

a. We b. read c. Contest

2. The judges outlined the rules.

a. outlined b. judges c. rules

3. Only fifth graders enter the contest.

a. fifth b. contest c. enter

4. We work on our stories all week.

a. work b. on c. week

5. Sylvia planned her story carefully.

a. Sylvia b. planned c. carefully

6. Sylvia writes in a diary.

a. diary b. in c. writes

7. Her story comes from her diary.

a. comes b. from c. Story

8. Details interest Sylvia.

a. details b. interest c. Sylvia

9. Past prize winners visited the state capital.

a. past b. visited c. winners

10.Sylvia hopes for a good prize.

a. good b. for c. hopes

Unit 5 Verbs5.2 Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

Think Back…

• You remember that sometimes a simple predicate can be more than one word. Some sentences have two verbs!!

• The main verb shows what the subject does or is.

• The helping verb helps the main verb to show an action in the sentence. – By itself, a helping verb cannot show action.

Examples

• Stan and Jan are entering the talent contest.

• I can help them rehearse.

• They will dance together.

Common Helping Verbs

am is are was

were will shall have

has had can could


• Get out your blue remote!!

• Choose the helping verb in each sentence.

1. Gerald is practicing for the contest.

a. is b. practicing c. for

2. He has danced in many talent shows.

a. danced b. many c. has

3. He will perform some difficult dance steps.

a. some b. perform c. will

4. We have started our rehearsals.

a. have b. startedc. our

5. We can meet every afternoon.

a. we b. meet c. can

**Put your blue remote up. Get out one sheet of paper and your book.

Page 155 # 6-25ANSWERS ONLY!

Unit 5 Verbs5.3 Verb Tenses

• The verb you use in a sentence helps you determine when something happens. The time expressed by a verb is called its tense.

• There are three main tenses:

past, present, and future.

Present Tense Verbs

• Show something that is happening now.

• Example:

Joanna wants something different.

**Add s or es to a present-tense verb when a singular noun is its subject.

Your turn!!! Give me a present-tense verb example.

Past Tense Verbs

• Show action that has already happened.

• ExampleYesterday she wanted an Olympic medal.

**Add ed to the present tense of the verb to form the past tense of most verbs.

Your turn!!! Give me an example of a past-tense verb.

Future Tense Verbs

• Show something that has not yet happened.

• Example

Tomorrow Joanna will want something else.

**Add shall or will before the present

tense of the verb to show future

tense.

Your turn!!! Give me an example of a future-tense verb.

Tell whether the underlined verb is in the present, past, or future tense.

1. The team skied downhill.

2. Each team member practices daily.

3. We will watch them ski.

4. The best athletes will receive the prize.

5. Our team earned the bronze medal.

Get our your blue remotes.

Directions: Tell if the verb in the sentence is in the present, past, or future tense.

1. I like figure skating.

a. Present b. Past c. Future

2. Winners will receive medals.


3. Machines scraped the ice this morning.


4. A skater twirled on the ice.


5. The best athletes will practice for hours.


6. My favorite skater races today.


7. I cheered for Stacy yesterday.


8. Yesterday Ellen talked to all her friends.


9. They all love sledding.


10.They will meet at the top of the hill today.


Put your blue remote away.

Get out your Language book and one sheet of paper.

Turn to page 155.

Unit 5 Verbs5.4 More About Verb Tenses

A verb changes its form to agree, or work,

with the subject to show its tense.

Rules for Forming the Present Tense

1. Most verbs: add s

stop stops

climb climbs

2. Verbs ending in s,

ch, sh, x, and z: add es

buzz buzzes fix fixes

guess guesses catch catches

rush rushes

3. Verbs ending with a consonant and y:

change the y to i and add es.

fry fries hurry hurries

Rules for Forming the Past Tense

1. Most verbs: add ed

Verbs adding with e: add d

mend mended

free freed

2. Verbs ending with a consonant and y:

Change the y to i and add ed

carry carried

bury buried

3. Verbs ending with a single vowel and a consonant:

Double the final consonant and add ed.

slip slipped

fan fanned

Examples

Tell the past tense of the underlined verb in each sentence.

1. We vote for a class president.

2. Students elect the person of their choice.

3. I pick the winner every time.

4. Sandra and I support Chris.

5. Chris believes in student government.

Take out your blue remotes! Tell whether the verb is present, past, or future tense.

• 1. I like camp very much.

• A. present B. past C. future

• It rains here everyday.


• Yesterday, we pitched the tent between storms.


• We usually sleep in cabins.


• Tomorrow, we will stay in the tents.


• We will cook dinner over the campfire.


• I swim each morning.


• Soon, I will help others in my class.


Unit 5 Verbs5.5 Subject – Verb Agreement

• Add s or es to the present-tense verb when the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it.

• Example:

The winner rushes by us.

He appears happy.

• Do NOT add s or es to the present-tense verb when the subject is a plural noun or I, you, we, or they.

• Example:

Morris and Cora seem excited.

They rush into the room.

Let’s Practice!

• Tell which of the verbs in parentheses completes each sentence correctly.

1. Bill (enter, enters) the spelling bee.

2. We (wish, wishes) him well.

3. He (tell, tells) us his plan.

4. He (study, studies) the dictionary every night.

5. Janet and I (spell, spells) well, too.


• With your mouth closed…get out your blue remote!

• Directions: Tell the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

1. The spelling bee (begin, begins) today.

a. begin b. begins

2. The teachers (choose, chooses) the words.

a. choose b. chooses

3. Winners (receive, receives) a dictionary.

a. receive b. receives

4. The words (seem, seems) difficult.

a. seem b. seems

5. We all (learn, learns) quickly.

a. learn b. learns

6. The contest (start, starts) in a minute.

a. start b. starts

7. I (read, reads) the rules first.

a. read b. reads

8. Brad (organize, organizes) the class car wash every year.

a. organize b. organizes

9. We (raise, raises) money for a class trip.

a. raise b. raises

10.Tina (wash, washes) cars in the morning.

a. wash b. washes

• Put your blue remote away.

Unit 5 Verbs5.5 and 5.6 Using Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs (they are spelled differently)

• You form the past tense of regular verbs by adding ed to the verb. Irregular verbs are spelled differently in the past tense.

Irregular Verbs

Present Past Past with helping verbs

See Saw Has, have, had seen

Run Ran Has, have, had run

Come Came Has, have, had come

Go Went Has, have, had gone

Give Gave Has, have, had given

Eat Ate Has, have, had eaten

Write Wrote Has, have, had written

Drive Drove Has, have, had driven

Irregular Verbs


Ride Rode Has, have, had ridden

Take Took Has, have, had taken

Speak Spoke Has, have, had spoken

Choose Chose Has, have, had chosen

Fly Flew Has, have, had flown

Draw Drew Has, have, had drawn

Let’s Practice!!

• Tell the past-tense form of the verb in parentheses.

1. Aesop (write) about clever and foolish animals.

2. He (give) them names and ideas of their own.

3. Becky (choose) a book of funny animal fables.

More Irregular Verbs


Sing Sang Has, have, had sung

Swim Swam Has, have, had swum

Drink Drank Has, have, had drunk

Do Did Has, have, had done

Grow Grew Has, have, had grown

Throw Threw Has, have, had thrown

Know Knew Has, have, had known

Wear Wore Has, have, had worn

Irregular Verbs


Bring Brought Has, have, had brought

Teach Taught Has, have, had taught

Say Said Has, have, had said

Make Made Has, have, had made

Sit Sat Has, have, had sat

Let’s Practice

• Tell the past-tense form of the verb in parentheses.

1. The audience (sit) down in the theater.

2. Some of the stars (do), too.

3. An actor had (sing) the theme song already.

4. An excited director has (make) a speech.

• Get out your blue remotes!!

• Directions: Tell the correct past-tense form of the verb.

1. The last story has ____ me an amusing idea.

a. gave b. given

2. I have ____ a humorous fable, too.

a. written b. wrote

3. He had ____ many famous actors for years.

a. known b. knew

4. A pop star ____ another song.

a. sung b. sang

5. John and I ____ about the fables.

a. spoken b. spoke

6. John ____ his favorite fable.

a. chose b. chosen

7. The judges ____ at a table.

a. Sat b. Sit

8. A famous actor ____ the movie on the screen now.

a. Made b. make

9. The animals ____ in a race.

a. ran b. run

10.Two sharks ____ toward the beach.

a. swum b. swam

11.A bear ____ the entire race.

a. saw b. seen

12.A bird has ____ to the finish line.

a. flown b. flew

13.One star has ____ something nice.

a. say b. said

14.She has ____ her best for her family.

a. done b. did

15.All the winners have ____ long speeches.

a. made b. make

Unit 5 Verbs5.9 Using Commas

Think back…

• What do you do if you are wanting to combine two sentences to make them into a compound sentence?

• You use a comma to separate the sentences!!!

• We also use commas to separate words in a series or list.

• Example:

• We brought poles, hooks, and hip boots.

**Use a comma to separate each item in a list.

***Use the conjunction and or or before the last item in the list.

Do I need a comma in this sentence?

We brought poles and hooks.

**NO, because it is not a series.

Let’s practice!!

• Tell where commas are needed in the following sentences.

1. The fish are judged by size weight and beauty.

2. We can sign up on Monday Tuesday or Wednesday.

3. The fish are red blue green and silver

4. Linda caught a bass and a trout.

5. We can fish from the boat the shore or the dock.

• Get out your language book and one sheet of paper.

• Head your paper.

• Turn to page ?.

Unit 5 Verbs5.10 Vocabulary Building: Prefixes.

Prefixes

• You can change the meaning of a word by adding a part to it.

• A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a base word.

• Prefixes change the meanings of base words.

Prefix Meaning Base Word New Word

un not, opposite of tied untied

dis not, opposite of obeyed disobeyed

mis bad or wrong read misread

im not, without possible impossible

in not, without direct indirect

non not, opposite of, without

fiction nonfiction

re again, back write rewrite

pre before view preview

Substitute the word with a prefix for the underlined word or words.

• Example:

• We tried to start the computer again.

• restart

• We must have read the directions wrong.

• This is not believeable.

• Jason is not interested.

• This floppy disk is not perfect.

• That computer is not breakable.

• We need to write our message again.

Your turn!

• Open language book to page 171 and complete # 16-20.

• REMEMBER to head your paper and turn in on back table.

Unit 5 Verbs 5.1 Action Verbs. What is an action verb? An action verb is a word that expresses action. Think back: Every sentence has two parts, a subject.

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