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Verbs: doing and being verbs
I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb.
New
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Year 1
Verbs: doing and being verbs
I can identify the difference between a doing and a being verb.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Verbs are doing and being words.
- Being verbs are "is", "are", "was" and "were".
- Verbs can be in different tenses.
- A being verb can be the only verb in a complete sentence.
Keywords
Tense - tells the reader when something happens
Present - happening now
Past - happened before now
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.
Keep it simple by giving examples in the simple present and simple past tense only.
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Identify the common nouns.
jump
shiny
Q2.
Is the noun in this sentence singular or plural? The dogs barked.
singular
Q3.
Match the following.
dance
Andeep
old
Q4.
What is the verb in this sentence? The green grass sways.
The
green
grass
Q5.
A full sentence must contain at least one ...
proper noun
adjective
expanded noun phrase
Q6.
Match the verb with the common noun it agrees with best.
girl
bird
star
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Match the tense to the correct definition.
happening now
happened before now
Q2.
Identify the being verb in this sentence: Ying is helpful.
Ying
helpful
Q3.
Match the different types of verb.
sing
are
Q4.
Tick the sentence that is written in the past tense.
The boy walks home.
Q5.
What is the verb in this sentence? The mouse is small.
Q6.
Match the sentence to the tense it is written in.
present tense
past tense