Spotlight on Grammar: Verbs

Ages: 8-11
Grades: 3-6

Teach verb tenses, types of verbs, and irregular verbs and improve spoken language, written expression, and reading comprehension.

The stimulating activities feature:

  • clear, concise explanations of verb concepts
  • appealing one-page lessons with plenty of practice activities
  • simple sentence structure and vocabulary with easy readability
  • step-by-step progression in difficulty to build success and motivation
  • a pretest/posttest

The lessons cover multiple aspects of verb concepts, beginning with the definition of a verb and identification of verbs. Students learn about subject-verb agreement and verb endings. Then, they learn to distinguish and use these verbs:

  • present tense (e.g., eats, splashes), past tense (e.g., walked), and future tense (e.g., will walk)
  • helping verbs (e.g., is, will, have) and irregular verbs (e.g., bring, swim, eat)
  • verbs with direct objects (e.g., bought apples, drink milk)
  • past participles (e.g., have played)
  • linking verbs (e.g., was, is, will be)
  • troublesome verbs (e.g., lie/lay, may/can)

40 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©2006


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