New
New
Year 1

Verbs: doing and being verbs

I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb.

New
New
Year 1

Verbs: doing and being verbs

I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Verbs are doing and being words.
  2. Being verbs are "is", "are", "was" and "were".
  3. Verbs can be in different tenses.
  4. 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

Keep it simple by giving examples in the simple present and simple past tense only.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
Identify the common nouns.
Correct answer: fish
jump
shiny
Correct answer: man
Q2.
Is the noun in this sentence singular or plural? The dogs barked.
singular
Correct answer: plural
Q3.
Match the following.
Correct Answer:verb,dance

dance

Correct Answer:noun,Andeep

Andeep

Correct Answer:adjective,old

old

Q4.
What is the verb in this sentence? The green grass sways.
The
green
grass
Correct answer: sways
Q5.
A full sentence must contain at least one ...
proper noun
adjective
expanded noun phrase
Correct answer: verb
Q6.
Match the verb with the common noun it agrees with best.
Correct Answer:talk,girl

girl

Correct Answer:fly,bird

bird

Correct Answer:twinkle,star

star

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the tense to the correct definition.
Correct Answer:present tense,happening now

happening now

Correct Answer:past tense,happened before now

happened before now

Q2.
Identify the being verb in this sentence: Ying is helpful.
Ying
Correct answer: is
helpful
Q3.
Match the different types of verb.
Correct Answer:doing verb,sing

sing

Correct Answer:being verb,are

are

Q4.
Tick the sentence that is written in the past tense.
The boy walks home.
Correct answer: The boy walked home.
Q5.
What is the verb in this sentence? The mouse is small.
Correct Answer: is, Is
Q6.
Match the sentence to the tense it is written in.
Correct Answer:The bird sings.,present tense

present tense

Correct Answer:The cat was black.,past tense

past tense