Mountain Language #4 LEARN YOUR VERBS!!

VERBS! - A VERB ISWHAT YOU ARE DOING ALL THE TIME, OR A VERB IS AN ACTION BEING MADE.

Past Tense Verbs Something that happened in the past. Example:I sang in my house.

Present Tense Verbs Tells what is happening at the present time. Example: we are fighting each other.

Future Tense Verbs A verb that WILL happen later, or in the future. Example: I will steal a car when I escape from jail.

Have You Learned?? TAKE THE QUIZ!

Quiz!!! 1. Saul said that he has (did, done) more pizza deliveries than Aaron has. 2. In pioneer times, settlers actually (sweeped, swept) their cabins’ dirt floors. 3. The settlers in the New World often (wrote, written) about the beauty and harshness of their surroundings.

How did You do? GET THE ANSWERS NOW!

Quiz Answers: 1) Saul says that he has done more pizza deliveries than Aaron has. 2) In pioneer times settlers actually swept their cabins’ dirt floors. 3) The settlers in the New World often wrote about their cabins’ dirt floors.

STILL CONFUSED??

TRY THESE RECOURCES: MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE #4 CARDS, “Language Network” pages , and “Writing With Style Manual” pages12-13

BROUGHT TO YOU BY… CARLOS RIVERA and ERIN SHANLEY Thank you very much!!

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