Starter quiz
- Identify the common nouns.
- fish ✓
- jump
- shiny
- man ✓
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- Is the noun in this sentence singular or plural? The dogs barked.
- singular
- plural ✓
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- Match the following.
- verb⇔dance ✓
- noun⇔Andeep ✓
- adjective⇔old ✓
- What is the verb in this sentence? The green grass sways.
- The
- green
- grass
- sways ✓
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- A full sentence must contain at least one ...
- proper noun
- adjective
- expanded noun phrase
- verb ✓
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- Match the verb with the common noun it agrees with best.
- talk⇔girl ✓
- fly⇔bird ✓
- twinkle⇔star ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the tense to the correct definition.
- present tense⇔happening now ✓
- past tense⇔happened before now ✓
- Identify the being verb in this sentence: Ying is helpful.
- Ying
- is ✓
- helpful
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- Match the different types of verb.
- doing verb⇔sing ✓
- being verb⇔are ✓
- Tick the sentence that is written in the past tense.
- The boy walks home.
- The boy walked home. ✓
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- What is the verb in this sentence? The mouse is small.
- 'is' ✓
- Match the sentence to the tense it is written in.
- The bird sings.⇔present tense ✓
- The cat was black.⇔past tense ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Verbs are doing and being words.
- Being verbs are "is", "are", "was" and "were".
- Verbs can be in different tenses.
- A being verb can be the only verb in a complete sentence.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to recognise 'being' verbs in sentences.
Identify being verbs by showing them in their simplest form, then eliminating the nouns and adjectives from the same sentence.
Keywords
Tense - tells the reader when something happens
Present - happening now
Past - happened before now
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