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Week 4
What a Tree Has Seen
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Week 4
Week 4
What a Tree Has Seen
Grammar and Usage
Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Simple Present
Have students
read the sentences aloud and ask volunteers to identify the verbs in each
sentence. Elicit: take, takes, read, reads, have, has, go, and goes. Explain to the
class:
These verbs are in the simple present tense.
Point to the verbs
take
and
takes
and ask students to identify the difference between the two verbs. Elicit: the
letter
–s
. Ask:
What is the subject in each sentence?
Elicit: People and the visitor.
Tell students:
The verbs take and read are regular verbs. This means that they
follow the rule that when the subject is he, she, or it, we add –s to the base form.
Point to the next two pairs of sentences and have students identify the verbs.
Elicit: have, has, go, and goes. Explain to students:
These are irregular verbs in the
simple present. This means they do not follow the rule of adding –s to the base form.
Tell student that other irregular verbs are
do
and
be
. Elicit the simple present
tense forms of these verbs by providing a subject and having the class supply
the appropriate verb form. Write the forms on the board.
Regular and Irregular Verbs in the Simple Past
Review how to
form the simple past tense with the class. Then ask the class what these sentences
would be if we were talking about events that happened last year. Elicit:
The tree
stayed, the women formed,
and
People traveled
. Remind students:
Regular verbs in
the simple past tense are formed by adding –ed to the base form of the verb.
Have
students tell something they did in the past-yesterday, last week, or last year.
Prior to class, prepare flash cards with the base form of the following verbs
on one side and the simple past tense form on the other side.
be
do
have
go
eat
drink
run
see
say
take
sing
catch
buy
teach
fly
know
make
write
swim
draw
grow
sell
drive
build
bring
come
Display the following
sentences on the board:
4
People take pictures of
the trees.
4
The visitor takes a
picture of the trees.
4
We read a lot of stories
in school.
4
Mrs. Parker reads a lot
of books.
4
The trees have green
leaves.
4
The tree has moss on it.
4
We go for a walk
downtown.
4
My mother goes for a
walk in the park.
Class Prep
Write the following
sentences on the board:
4
The tree stays green
all year.
4
The women form a
group.
4
People travel to see
the city.
Class Prep