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Key Learning:
Verbs
Lesson Essential Questions:
Examples:
*Denise served bagels for breakfast
yesterday.
*Randy will play the drums tonight.
1. What is Tense?
Examples:
*I saw the rainbow yesterday.
*She took the bus last night.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*I see the rainbow now.
*She takes the bus to save on gas.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*I will see the rainbow soon.
*She will take the bus tomorrow.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*I had seen a rainbow before today.
*She had taken the bus last
Thursday.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*We have seen rainbows in the past.
*She has taken the bus before.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*We will have seen a rainbow after
the next thunderstorm.
*She will have taken the bus for
seven days in a row on Tuesday.
Assessment Prompt
• Showdown! With a partner, back to back,
count down from three, turn around, and
say a verb of this tense. If you are either
wrong, or the slowest, you get no points.
If you are the first one with the right
answer, you earn a point.
2. The Six Tenses
Examples:
*When we go to the movies, we
bought some popcorn.
3. Consistency of Tense
Wrong Example:
*When we go to the movies, we
bought some popcorn.