1. English Houghton Mifflin English Unit 5: Verbs
Lesson 2: Verbs in the Present
Created by: Tamara V. Russell

2. Objectives
Identify verbs.

3. Warm-up Read the sentence below. Which word is the verb?
Snow falls to the earth in different ways.
-from Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons

4. Lesson Add –s to the verb when the noun in the subject is singular.
Verbs show action in sentences. Verbs also tell when the action happens. A verb tells about an action that is happening now in the present time. Verbs in the present have two forms. The correct form to use depends on what the subject of the sentence is.
Add –s to the verb when the noun in the subject is singular.
The dog barks at the snowman. Jill laughs.
Do not add –s to the verb when the noun in the subject is plural.
The boys shovel. Their parents start the car.

5. Try it Out! Seeds (travel, travels) in many ways.
The wind (blow, blows) flower seeds.
The seeds (land, lands) in new places.
A bird (visit, visits) a bush.
The bird (take, takes) some seeds away.
A new bush (grow, grows) in a new place.
Animals (run, runs) by.
Some seeds (stick, sticks) to their fur.
The seeds (drop, drops) to the ground.
travel
blows
land
visits
takes
grows
run
stick
drop

6. On Your Own
Read the sentence. Write down the correct verb in each one.
A chipmunk (run, runs) under the rocks.
The horses (gallop, gallops) fast.
Rabbits (jump, jumps) into the bushes.
A bear (climb, climbs) trees.
Three worms (wiggle, wiggles) in the grass.
That monkey (swing, swings) on branches.
runs
gallop
jump
climbs
wiggle
swings

7. Tomorrow’s Lesson: More Verbs in the Present
Nice work!
Tomorrow’s Lesson:
More Verbs in the Present