The Third Whirligig

Whirl

Move around quickly in a circle

Whirligig

An insect which whirls

round and round on the
surface of water when it is
scared.
Glide
Move smoothly and quietly
Silly
• Foolish or stupid
Hit
• Bumped into something.
Search
Try to find something by
looking carefully
How are the two bugs feeling? Are the other two bugs worried?
How does the third bug feel? How do you know?
 How does the third bug feel?
Are the other two bugs worried?
How do you know?
What does the third bug do?
Why does she do this?
How are the two bugs feeling?
How does the third bug feel?
Sentence
• A group of words working together to make sense.
• What should every sentence start with?’ [A capital letter.]
• ‘What should every sentence end with?’ [A full stop.]
The feelings of the characters

• The characters’ main feelings:

• Hungry
• Worried
• Scared
• Happy
• Thankful
• Write sentences about the characters’ feelings from “The Third Whirligig”
E.g. Hungry:The fish is hungry.
Worried:Third bug is worried.
Thankful: The two bugs are thankful to the third bug.
Verb
• A verb is a word that shows an action.
Verb Simple Present Tense

• A verb is a word that shows an action.

Simple Past Tense
• A word that shows completed action in past time.
• I (live) in Yangon two years ago.

• Dad (move) the table yesterday.

• Mom (bake) a cake last Monday.

To change verbs into past tense, add–ed to the verb.

walk walked climb climbed clean cleaned

jump jumped cook cooked paint painted

If the verb ends in -e, add –d.

taste tasted dance danced like liked

bake baked wave waved move moved

• I (visit) the zoo last month.

• I (like) ice-cream when I was young.

• I (clean) my room last week.

• We (dance) to the song last night.

• We (watch) TV last night.

If the verb ends in -y, change –y to –i and add –ed.

try tried cry cried carry carried

If the verb ends in a vowel and -y, add –ed.

play played enjoy enjoyed stay stayed

Irregular verbs
swim

swam

say

said
Irregular verbs

eat catch draw

drive buy blow

break make drink drank

If the verb ends in a vowel before the final consonant,
double the final consonant and add –ed.

play played enjoy enjoyed stay stayed

• Can you find past tense verbs from the story “The Third Whirligig”?
• Why are past tense verbs used in the story?
Verbs
• The word we use to describe what something or someone is doing.

Every sentence needs a verb – a doing or a being word. Happening verbs.

Verb Master game
• Tr takes the role of the ‘Verb Master’ and give the students a verb, such as ‘walk’. The students must walk until I say ‘Freeze!’
• jump
• skip
• run
• clap
• hop
• sit
• glide
• search
• fly
• swim
• whisper
• sing
• dance
• pat
• stretch
• bounce
• wobble
• wriggle