1. Warm Up: Read pg. 194-196 Ex. 2 on page 196
Verbs: Chapter 8
Warm Up:
Read pg
Ex. 2 on page 196

2. 4 Basic Parts of Verbs
Every verb has 4 basic principal parts: the base/infinitive form, the present participle, the past, and the past participle.
I park the car. [base/infinitive]
I am parking the car. [present participle]
I parked the car. [past of park]
I have parked the car. [past participle]

3. Regular Verbs
Form the past and past participle by adding -d or –ed to the base/infinitive form.
Base/Infinitive Form
Present Participle
Past
Past Participle
Drip
(is) dripping
Dripped
(have) dripped
Patch
(is) patching
Patched
(have) patched
Report
(is) reporting
Reported
(have) reported

4. Irregular Verbs (see p. 195-6 for a complete list.)
Form the past and past participle in some other way than adding –d or –ed.
Base/Infinitive Form
Past Participle
Past
Leave
(is) leaving
left
(have) left
Sing
(is) singing
Sang
(have) sung
Burst
(is) bursting
(have) burst

5. Dictation: Common Irregular Verbs
I will say the infinitive: Write down the present participle, past, and past participle.
For example:
I say: “Begin”
You write: (is) beginning, began, (have) begun.

6. Review Warm up
Ex. 2 on pg 196

7. Homework
Ex. 3 on page
Read pg. 198 – This will really help as we tackle tenses on Friday.

8. Verbs: Day Two
Warm Up:
Pg. 204, Ex. 6

9. Verb tense= time of action/state of being (keep tense consistent in writing)
Present Tense= used to express an action or state of being now occurring; to convey a general truth; to discuss plot of literary work.
I teach grammar with the help of PowerPoint.
Macbeth plans on killing Duncan.
Past Tense=used to express an action or state of being that occurred in the past but did not continue into the present.
I taught Macbeth last semester.

10. Tense con’t
Future tense= used to express an action or state of being that will/shall occur/
I will teach Macbeth again next year.
Present Perfect Tense=used to express an action or state of being that occurred at some indeinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues into the present. (uses has/have)
I have taught students how to write.

11. Tense con’t
Past perfect tense=used mainly to express an action or state of being that was completed in the past before some other past occurrence. (use had)
We had purchased our tickets before the show sold out.
Future perfect tense= used to express an action or state of being that will be completed in the future before some other future occurrence. (use will have/shall have)
By the time this year has ended, my students will have become great writers!

12. Review Warm-Up
Ex. 6, pg. 204
Homework: Ex. 7, pg. 205

13. Verbs: Day Three
Warm Up: None

14. Lay vs. Lie
Lie “to assume a lying position”
Lay “to put or place something”
lie, (is) lying, lay, (have) lain
lay, (is) laying, laid, (have) laid
Intransitive verb (does not take an object)
Transitive verb (takes an object)
The floral pattern lies on top of the fabric
You lay the fabric on the dining room table.
Question 1: What do you want to say? Is the meaning “to be in a lying position,” or is it “to put something down”?
Question 2: What time does the verb express, and which principal part is used to show this time?

15. Practice
Ex. 10 and Ex. 11, pg. 210

16. Sit vs. Set sit “to rest in an upright seated position”
set “to put something in a place”
sit, (is) sitting, sat, (have) sat
set, (is) setting, set,( have) set
Intransitive verb (usually does not take object)
Transitive verb (takes an object)
Sit on the beach.
Set your umbrella in the corner

17. Practice
Ex: 14 and 15, pg. 212

18. raise “to cause something to rise or to lift up”
Rise vs. Raise
rise “to go or get up”
raise “to cause something to rise or to lift up”
rise, (is) rising, rose, (have) risen
raise, (is) raising, raised,( have) raised
Intransitive verb (does not take object)
Transitive verb (takes an object)
The sun rose over Los Angeles.
Raise the signal flag of a disabled vessel.

19. Practice
Ex. 16, pg. 214

20. Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
Active voice= subject of a verb performs the action.
We threw the stones across the water.
The author reveals the theme through the irony.
Passive voice=subject receives the action.
The stones were thrown across the water.
The theme is revealed through the irony.
Use Active Voice in FORMAL WRITING!

21. Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
Are the following sentences active or passive voice? Change Passive Voice Sentences to Active Voice.
The class was given a tour of the school by the principal.
The class was advised to pay attention by the teacher.
The information was understood by the class.
The theme is revealed in chapter 8.
At Pearl Harbor, the U.S. naval fleet was attacked by Japanese war planes.

22. Homework
Ex. 8 pg. 206
Post Test 1 pg