PPT-Verbs: Using Consistent Tense and Avoiding “to be”

Model for Grammar Presentation it is nouns and verbs not their assistants that give good writing its toughness and color Strunk 72 Example There is an abandoned store on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirtyfifth Street in Lorain Ohio It does not . *You already know several verbs. *Remember any????. *. andar. ,. . hablar. , . estudiar. , . caminar. , . escuchar. , etc…. Conjugating Verbs!. *Notice. anything these verbs have in common?. *. andar. Objective: SWBAT identify, use, understand & know the difference . btwn. simple verb tense, irregular verbs & perfect tense verbs.. Essential Question: How do you determine the difference between perfect tense, irregular verbs and simple verb tense?. Types of Verbs: Action. What the subject does:. throw, catch. s. ing, play. r. un, walk. w. atch, listen. t. hink, speak. w. rite, read. Verb Choice. Good writers pay attention to the connotative meanings of words and select specific, vivid verbs: . Unit 10. Action Verbs. There are two main kinds of verbs: . action verbs. and . linking verbs. .. An . action verb . names an action. It may contain more than one word.. Action Verbs. There are two different kinds of . Use the correct tense of the verbs.. He ________ quietly. (work, works, working). Dad __________ his lunch. (eats, eat, eating). I like to __________ . at break . time. (plays, play, playing). She __________ working in a group. (enjoy, enjoys, enjoying). Overview. Latin, like English, has two verbal . voices. : Active and Passive.. We have learned that Latin uses two patterns for the formation of Passive Voice verbs, one for the Present System and one for the Perfect System.. Chapter 8 Grammar 1.1. Review. of . the. . Present. Tense:. How. . to. . conjugate. . an. . AR . verb. Drop the “ar” from the end of the verb and add the following endings.. (yo) . habl. o. Is necessary to make a statement. Primary characteristic of a verb is its ability to express time. Verbs express time by means of . tense forms (past, present, future tense). Present Tense: They watch the race.. Yo. Verbs. Avancemos. 2 – . Unidad. 3 . Lección. 2. Present Tense of Irregular . Yo. Verbs. There are some present tense verbs that are only irregular in the . YO. form. They have endings that are different from the regular –o ending of regular verbs.. What are adjectives?. What are pronouns?. What are verbs?. What are adverbs?. What are the definite and indefinite article?. Why are verbs regular or irregular?. Why . do nouns have genders?. Does spelling matter?. LANGUAGES FAQs What are nouns? What are adjectives? What are pronouns? What are verbs? What are adverbs? What are the definite and indefinite article? Why are verbs regular or irregular? Why do nouns have genders? Yo. Nosotros. /. Nosotras. Tú. Vosotros. /. Vosotras. . (Spain & a. few other countries only) . Él. ,. . ella. , . Ud. . . Ellos. ,. . Ellas. , . Uds. . . First, lets review subjects/subject pronouns. . What is the preterite? . Expressing a past action or state.. The preterit tense (. el pretérito. ) is one of several past tenses in Spanish and it is used to describe actions completed at one point in the past or that lasted a specific amount of time in the past and are now completed.. . We will. . write complete sentences in the simple past . verb tense in three . forms: . declarative . negative. Interrogative.. Application (Why?). We use the Simple Past to show actions that:.