Verbs pptx

Verbs
Verb Tense
Active and Passive Voice
Six Troublesome Verbs
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Verb Tense
• The _______ of a verb indicates the time of
the action or of the state of being expressed
by the verb.
◦ Ex) Past:
Present:
Future:
The chorus _____ _______for
weeks before they ______ in
public last night.
Max ____ ________all summer,
and now he ____ enough money
to buy a bicycle.
The surgeon ___ ___ _______
the test results by next Friday, and
she ___ ______ whether or not
to operate then.
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Verb Tense
• Do not ____ _______from one _____
to another.
◦ When describing events that occur at the
____ _____, use verbs in the ____ _____.
◦ When describing events that occur at
______ _____, use ______ _____to show
the order of events clearly.
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Verb Tense
• Incorrect:
Cara fielded the ball and throws the
runner out. [Fielded is ____ ____; throws
is _______ _______.]
• Correct;
Cara _______ the ball and _______ the
runner out. [Fielded and threw are both
_______ _______.]
Cara _______ the ball and _______ the
runner out. [Fields and throws are both
_______ ________.]
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Verb Tense
• Incorrect:
She stands on the mound and will stare at
the batter. [Stands is _______ _____; will
stare is _______ _____.]
• Correct:
She ________ on the mound and
_______ at the batter. [Stands and stares
are both ________ _______.]
She ______ ______on the mound and
_______ at the batter. [Will stand and
stare are both _______ _______.]
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Verb Tense
• Incorrect:
The batter wished that he practiced more
before the game. [Because the action of
practicing was completed before the
action of wishing, the verb should be
______ ________, not __________.]
• Correct:
The batter _________ that he _______
___________ more before the game.
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Verb Tense
• Open your Elements of Language textbook
to page 534.
• Do Exercise 6 by yourself.
• You must rewrite the sentences.
• You have 15 minutes to complete the
assignment.
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Active and Passive Voice
• A verb in the _______ ______ expresses
an action ____ ___ its subject.
• A verb in the ______ _______expresses
an action _____ ____ its subject.
◦ Ex)
Active Voice:
The coach ___________ us. [The
subject, coach, ________ the action.]
Passive Voice:
We ________ _______by the coach.
[The subject, We, ______ the action.]
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Active and Passive Voice
◦ Ex)
Active Voice:
Did Brandon _______ the winning
touchdown [The subject, Brandon,
________ the action.]
Passive Voice:
____ the winning touchdown ______
by Brandon [The subject, touchdown,
_________ the action.]
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Active and Passive Voice
• Compare the following sentences:
Active: The author provides helpful diagrams.
Passive: Helpful diagrams are provided by the author.
• In these two sentences, the _____ of the active sentence
is the ______ of the passive one. The _____ of the active
sentence is expressed in a _________ _______ in the
passive sentence. Note that this phrase can be omitted.
Passive: Helpful diagrams are provided.
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Active and Passive Voice
• Open your Elements of Language textbook
to page 538.
• Do Exercise 7 by yourself.
• First, write the verb.
• Second, write whether the verb is in the
active or passive voice.
• You have 5 minutes to complete the
assignment.
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Six Troublesome Verbs
• There are six troublesome verbs that we
are going to discuss:
1. Lie
2. Lay
3. Sit
4. Set
5. Rise
6. Raise
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Lie and Lay
• The verb lie means “___ ____,” “___
______,” or “to remain in a _______
position.” Lie ____ ____ take an _____.
• The verb lay means “__ ____” or “to
_____ (something somewhere).” Lay
generally takes an ________.
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Lie and Lay
• Ex)
◦ _____ down if you don’t feel well.
◦ _____ those books down.
◦ Lambert _____ on the lounge chair.
◦ Lambert _____ the towel on the lounge chair.
◦ He ___ _____on the couch too long.
◦ He ___ _____the newspaper on the couch.
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Lie and Lay
• Open your Elements of Language textbook
to page 539-540.
• Do Exercise 9 by yourself.
• You do not need to rewrite the sentence;
only write the verb.
• You have 5 minutes to complete the
assignment.
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Sit and Set
• The verb sit means “to ____ in an _____,
seated position.” Sit seldom takes an
______.
• The verb set means “to ____” or “to
_____ (something somewhere).” Set
generally takes an _______.
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Sit and Set
• Ex)
◦ ____ down.
◦ ____ it down.
◦ The cups ____ on the tray.
◦ I ____ the cups there.
◦ How long ____ it ____ on the bench
◦ She ____ ____the picnic basket on the bench.
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Sit and Set
• Open your Elements of Language textbook
to page 540.
• Do Exercise 10 by yourself.
• You do not need to rewrite the sentence;
only write the verb.
• You have 5 minutes to complete the
assignment.
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Rise and Raise
• The verb rise means “to ___ in an _____
direction.” Rise _____ ___ take an ____.
• The verb raise means “to _____
(something) in an upward direction.” Raise
generally takes an _____.
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Rise and Raise
• Ex)
◦ She ______ early.
◦ She ______ that question.
◦ The price of cereal ______.
◦ The store _______ prices.
◦ The lakes _____ _____ since the spring rains.
◦ The rains _____ _____ the water level.
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Rise and Raise
• Open your Elements of Language textbook
to page 541-542.
• Do Exercise 11 by yourself.
• You do not need to rewrite the sentence;
only write the verb.
• You have 5 minutes to complete the
assignment.
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