Lesson video

Hi, everyone! I'm Miss Colbert, and welcome to another grammar lesson.

Thank you so much for coming to learn with me today.

Today, we're going to be talking about verbs, which makes me so excited because it means we're getting closer and closer to be able to write and read sentences together.

Let's get started.

Today's lesson outcome is: I can define, which means explain, and identify a verb.

For this lesson, you will need your looking eyes, your listening ears, and that thinking brain.

You will also need somebody to talk to.

Let's get started.

Here are our key words.

These words, remember, help us through our lesson together.

Don't worry if you don't know what they all mean, but I'm sure you'll have heard a couple of them before.

My turn, your turn.

Verb.

Verb.

Agree.

Agree.

Doing.

Doing.

Fantastic.

Let's go a little bit quicker.

Verb.

Agree.

Doing.

Well done! Let's get started.

Here is the first part of our lesson, asking the question, "What are verbs?" A verb is a doing or a being word.

(gasps) Two of our key words! A verb is a doing or a being word.

I wonder if you could repeat after me.

A verb is a doing or a being word! Well done! A verb can tell us what someone or something is doing.

Let's have a look at some examples.

(gasps) The man is swimming.

Could you say that? The man is swimming.

Well done.

The man is swimming underwater.

So the thing that he is doing is swimming.

Swimming is the verb.

Let's have a look at another example.

(gasps) I can see a dog! The dog is running.

Running is something that the dog is doing.

Swimming and running are things that we do, which means they are verbs.

So verbs are words that show actions or things that we do.

I am going to do some actions now, and I want you to tell me what I am doing.

Maybe you could tell me in a full sentence.

You are hmm.

Are you ready? (claps) What am I doing? Three, two, one.

You are clapping.

(claps) Fantastic! Ready for the next one? Three, two, one.

You are waving! Well done! And last one, are you ready? (hands tapping) What am I doing? Three, two, one.

Tapping! So we had clapping, waving, and tapping.

They are all verbs because they're something that I am doing, an action that I am doing.

Let's see what you know so far.

What is a verb? Is it a word that describes a noun? Is it a doing or a being word? Or is it a naming word for people, places, or things? I would like you to pause the video and say a verb is.

Pause the video.

Well done! Let's see if you are right.

A verb is a doing or a being word! After me, a verb is a doing or a being word.

Well done! I know a verb is not a word that describes a noun.

A word that describes a noun is an adjective.

And I also know a verb is not a naming word for people, places, and things because that is a noun.

A noun is a naming word.

So now we know all about nouns, verbs, and adjectives! Verbs tell us what someone or something is doing.

Verbs have to agree with the noun that they're paired with, which means that they have to make sense together, because our noun is our someone or our something and our verb is telling us what that someone or something is doing.

Let me show you an example.

The man walks to the shops.

Can you give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down if that makes sense? Yes, you can imagine the man walks to the shops.

My noun is man.

My verb is walks because that is what the man is doing.

And it makes sense, which means they agree.

What about if I changed my verb? The man sleeps to the shops.

The man sleeps to the shops.

Does that make sense? No, that is a silly sentence.

Our noun and our verb, man and sleeps, don't agree.

The man walks to the shops does make sense because they do agree.

Let's look at another one.

A boat sails out to sea.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? It does make sense because the boat is my noun and it sails, which means it goes onto the water out to sea.

So that makes sense.

Let me change that verb.

Are you ready? (gasps) I hope it still makes sense.

A boat walks out to sea.

I didn't know boats had legs! That does not make sense.

Our noun and our verb do not agree.

Let's change it back.

A boat sails out to sea.

Now it makes sense because they agree.

Let's have a look at one more.

The girl climbs up a tree.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Well done.

That does make sense because you can picture a girl climbing up a tree.

My noun is the girl, and she is climbing, that's something that she is doing.

Let's change that verb.

The girl sails up a tree.

No! The girl is not sailing up a tree.

That's not what she is doing.

The noun and the verb do not agree, which means it doesn't make sense.

The girl climbs up a tree.

The noun and the verb do agree, so it makes sense.

Oh, thank goodness we got back to our sentences that make sense.

Now, I want you to see if you can find the verb that would agree with the noun in this sentence.

The fish, hmm, in the sea.

Would you add the verb walks? The fish walks in the sea.

Hops, the fish hops in the sea.

Swims, the fish swims in the sea.

Or runs, the fish runs in the sea.

I'm going to give you five seconds to choose the verb that agrees.

Five.

Well done if you chose swims. The fish swims in the sea.

The fish doesn't walk in the sea, or hop or run.

The fish swims in the sea.

Our noun is fish, and it makes sense with swims, so they agree.

Well done, everybody.

Now we've had a bit of practise, we are going to match the verb with the noun it agrees best with.

I'm going to read some verbs and I'd like you to copy me.

My turn, your turn.

Read, catch, sleep, write, eat.

Fantastic.

Those are my verbs.

Let's see the list of nouns.

Bed, letter, ball, lunch, book.

Those are my nouns.

My verb and my noun need to agree.

Let's start with read.

Would I read the bed, read a letter, I might read a letter, read a ball, read my lunch, or read a book? Hmm, I could read a letter, or I'm going to go with book.

I read a book.

Okay, onto catch.

Would I catch a bed? Catch a letter? Catch a (gasps) ball? I would catch a ball! Okay, ready for the next one? Can you help me? Would I sleep in the bed? That was nice and easy, the first one.

I would definitely sleep in a bed, not a letter.

Next one is write.

Would I write a letter or write my lunch? (gasps) I would write a letter, which means, finally, I would eat my lunch.

(gasps) I think we matched those verbs to the noun that it best agreed with, which means they make sense together.

Thank you so much for helping me.

I'm going to show you some verbs, and I'm going to do the action of some of those verbs.

Are you ready? Hum, listen, smiles, waves.

Okay, now I'm going to do one of those actions.

I'm going to choose one verb, and you are then going to tell me what I am doing by saying she, meaning me, she hums, listens, smiles, or waves.

Are you ready? Can you get ready with the sentence? (hums) Well done! She hums. Your turn.

Fantastic.

Now it is your turn.

Here are four verbs again.

My turn, then your turn.

Hum, listen, smile, wave.

Well done.

You are going to work with a person nearby and choose one verb.

Then you are going to do that action, just like I did, and your partner is going to guess what you are doing by saying you hum, listen, smile, or wave.

Then you can swap over.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Well done! Amazing partner work.

And I loved how well you are guessing those actions.

Now we're going to do that again for our task.

Here are some different verbs.

Hop, clap, jump, wave, and blow.

These verbs are a bit more active so you can work with your partner.

The first person is going to choose a verb and do that action.

Then your partner has to watch carefully and guess which verb you are doing.

You might say you hop or you are hopping, you clap, you are clapping.

Then you are going to give them a thumbs up or a thumbs down if that was right or not.

And then you can swap over and see how many of those verbs, how many of those actions, you can do.

Off you go.

Pause the video.

Well done! Maybe you did these steps in your pair.

This is what I've seen.

I saw somebody acting out hopping up and down.

Your partner guessed and said, "You are hopping." Then they said, "Correct!" and then very nicely swapped over so they could take turns.

Fantastic partner work, everybody.

Now we're going to move into the second part of our lesson: recognising verbs.

So trying to spot them and be verb detectives.

We now know that a verb is a doing or a being word.

My turn, your turn.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

Well done.

Have a look at this picture, and I want you to think, what is the person doing? Have a think.

And then can you tell me, three, two, one.

He is reading.

You might have also said he is sitting.

He is sitting on a pile of books, but he is mainly reading.

The verb is reading 'cause we are talking about what he is doing.

It looks like he's really enjoying that book.

Have a think then, is this true or false? We know that a verb is a doing word.

Is this statement true or false? Happy is a verb.

Can you show me a thumbs up or a thumbs down in five seconds? Well done if you are showing me a thumbs down.

Happy is not something that we do.

Happy is something that we feel, so that is an adjective.

It's describing something.

Happy is not something that we do, so it is not a verb.

Now we need to realise that a full sentence that we either say or write must always contain a verb.

Fast motorbike.

Hmm.

We looked at that when we were talking about adjectives.

Warm socks.

Old castle.

Grey day.

These are all examples of phrases.

Phrases.

They are phrases because they contain at least two words.

Fast motorbike.

However, they do not contain a verb, which means they can't be a full sentence.

Instead, they are a phrase, phrase, because a sentence needs a verb.

So, which of these is correct? Grey mouse.

Is grey mouse a verb, a noun, or a phrase? Can you point to the correct one in five seconds? Five.

Well done if you are pointing to a phrase.

Grey mouse.

Mouse is a noun, but grey mouse together makes a phrase because it is an adjective, grey, and mouse, a noun, coming together to make a phrase.

I can't see any doing words, so it is not a verb.

So now we know that to get a full sentence, it needs a verb! Well done! Fast, blue motorbike.

(gasps) I can see a comma.

Fast, comma, blue motorbike.

Warm, cosy socks.

Old, stone castle.

Grey, rainy day.

These are examples of expanded noun phrases.

They've been stretched out by adding another adjective, which are then split with a comma.

Expanded noun phrase.

Your turn.

Well done! They contain two adjectives and a noun.

Fast, blue motorbike.

Warm, cosy socks.

However, they do not contain a verb, so they are not a full sentence.

Instead, these are expanded noun phrases.

Let's check.

Little, grey mouse.

Is that a phrase, an expanded noun phrase, or a verb? Can you get your pointing finger and point? In five.

Zero.

Well done if you are pointing to expanded noun phrase.

The phrase has been expanded from grey mouse to little, grey mouse.

Again, I can't see a verb.

We don't know what the little, grey mouse is doing, so it is an expanded noun phrase.

Two adjectives and a noun.

So we know that a full sentence must contain a verb! Well done! Let me see if this is a full sentence.

Does it contain a verb? The fast, blue motorbike drives down the road.

(gasps) It does! Drives is a doing word, something that we do.

I wear warm, cosy socks.

Wear is something that I do.

The old, stone castle crumbles.

So if it is crumbling, it's doing something.

We walk to school on a grey, rainy day.

These are all examples of having one or two adjectives and a noun, and they contain a verb, which means they are full sentences, and they make sense on their own.

So I can see my adjectives and my nouns have agreed with my verb to make a sentence that makes sense.

(gasps) How exciting.

So let's check.

Which of these is correct? The little, grey mouse scurries away.

Is that a phrase, an expanded noun phrase, or a full sentence? Can you point in five seconds? Five.

Well done if you are pointing to a full sentence.

It is a full sentence because it contains a verb, scurries, which means runs away quickly, The little, grey mouse scurries away.

It makes sense 'cause my noun agrees with my verb.

I have got an expanded noun phrase in there, little, grey mouse, but it is within the full sentence because it contains a verb.

The little, grey mouse scurries away.

Well done.

Now we are going to see if we can be verb detectives searching for them in the sentences.

Remember, a verb is a doing or a being word.

Today, we're looking for doing words.

Remember as well that verbs can come anywhere in the sentence, at the beginning, the middle, or the end.

Are you ready? I'm going to read the sentence, and I want you to listen out for the doing word.

The cat sits on the mat.

What is the cat doing? The cat sits on the mat.

Can you tell me in three, two, one? Three, two, one.

Sits.

Well done.

Aisha runs to school.

Which is the doing word? Three, two, one.

Runs.

Well done.

I read my book in the sun.

Which is the doing word, something that I am doing? Three, two, one.

Read.

(gasps) I love reading my book in the sun.

A dog barks at the door.

What is the dog doing? Three, two, one.

Barks.

Well done! Amazing, verb detectives.

Now it is time to be a verb detective independently on your own.

You are gonna circle or point to the verbs in the sentences.

Remember, a verb is a doing or a being word.

Remember that a verb can come anywhere in our sentence.

And in some of the sentences, there might be more than one verb.

I'm going to read them to you and then you are going to get started.

We jump on the red mat.

Mum sings loudly in the car.

I eat yummy cake.

I hop and skip at school.

The small fish swims fast.

My fluffy, black cat jumps off the chair.

Those are your sentences, and you are going to search for the verbs in the sentences.

Pause the video and off you go.

Fantastic job.

Let's see how you got on.

We jump on the red mat.

Jump is the doing word, something that we are doing.

We are jumping.

Mum sings loudly in the car.

What is Mum doing? She sings.

Well done! I eat yummy cake.

(gasps) Delicious.

What am I doing? I'm eating.

My verb is eat.

I hop and skip at school.

(gasps) I notice something a bit different about this sentence.

The things that I do are hop and skip.

(gasps) I wonder if you managed to find the two verbs.

Well done if you did.

The small fish swims fast.

What is the small fish doing? Swims! Well done.

And finally, my fluffy, black cat jumps off the chair.

Jumps.

My fluffy, black cat jumps off the chair.

(gasps) Well done if you managed to find all of those verbs.

If you didn't, could you just go back and check now? Well done.

The final thing that you are going to do to check that we know the job of verbs is just fill in the gap in this sentence with your partner.

These examples, that we've just done, are full sentences because they all contain a.

These examples are full sentences because they all contain a.

Can you say that whole sentence to your partner now? 10 seconds.

Five.

Well done, let's do it together.

These examples are full sentences because they all contain a verb.

Well done! What a brilliant lesson.

Thank you so much for learning with me today.

We have learned so much.

We have learned that a verb is a doing or a being word.

We've learned that a verb tells us what someone or something is doing.

We know that verbs have to agree with the noun that they are paired with, and we know that to get a full sentence, it must contain a verb.

Thank you so much for learning with me and I can't wait for more next time.

Bye, everybody!.