Tense 1 - Level 1

Tense 1 - Level 1

L.I. To identify verbs

To identify the tense in a piece of text

He said nothing in defence of himself.  How could he?  Everything his aunt said was true.  He was ridiculously small.  His ears were obscenely large.  He had been born with his eyes open.  He was sickly.  He coughed and sneezed so often that he carried a handkerchief in one paw at all times.  He ran temperatures.  He fainted at loud noises.  Most alarming of all, he showed no interest in the things a mouse should show interest in.

All of the bold words are verbs list them below.  

• Said✓
• Could✓
• Was✓
• Were✓
• Should✓
• Show✓
• Fainted✓
• Ran✓
• coughed✓
• Sneezed✓
• Carried✓
• Had✓

All of these words are in past tense, change them to present tense

• Said-Say✓
• Could-Can✓
• Were-Are
• Was-Is✓
• Should Show-Shall Show✓
• Showed-Show✓
• Fainted-Faint✓
• Ran-Run✓
• Coughed-Cough✓
• Sneezed-Sneeze✓
• Carried-Carry✓
• Had-Has✓

Choose 5 of the present tense words and put them into a sentences

There was a boy named flash and he CAN RUN really fast. He was the fastest in his class.He wanted to CARRY  this elephant to safety because it WAS about a tone. He HAS an incredible amount of speed.