BOOK

UNIT

Verbs
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Tense round-up
Throughout the course, children will encounter the present
simple, present progressive (also known as continuous),
past simple, past progressive, present perfect (labelled
simply perfect throughout the course), past perfect, future,
infinitive (labelled verb family name in the early parts of the
course), auxiliary verbs, modals, active and passive verbs and
subjunctive verbs (a construction very rarely used except in
extremely formal writing).
Participles are referred to as ing words and regular past simple
tense words; finite verbs are referred to as main or proper
verbs, and it is for the teacher to decide the appropriate time to
introduce the terms participle and finite verb.
This unit recaps on all the verb tenses the children have learned
so far:

present simple

present progressive

past simple

past progressive

present perfect (Technically, the present perfect tense is

constructed with has/have + past participle. It is simpler to
say that it is constructed with has/have + the past simple
tense (regular or irregular)).

past perfect (Technically, the past perfect tense is

constructed with had + past participle. It is simpler to say
that it is constructed with had + the past simple tense
(regular or irregular). Mistakes where the past simple tense
and the past participle are NOT the same can be dealt with
on an individual basis.

Focus

Revise/discuss the term verb and ask for examples of:

present simple
present progressive
past simple
past progressive
perfect
past perfect
future
Read and discuss the information box on page 18.
Do the activity orally.

Answers
A past simple:

it rained/it blew/it hailed/it shone/it

drizzled
past progressive:
it was raining/it was blowing/it was
hailing/it was shining/it was drizzling
perfect:
it has rained/it has blown/it has hailed/
it has shone/it has drizzled
past perfect:
it had rained/it had blown/it had hailed/
it had shone/it had drizzled
present simple:
it rains/it blows/it hails/it shines/it
drizzles
present progressive: it is raining/it is blowing/it is hailing/it is
shining/it is drizzling
future:
it will rain/it will blow/it will hail/it will
shine/it will drizzle

past perfect
present progressive
past simple
perfect
future

Practice

Children should work individually.

Answers
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B 1
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C 1
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I am sheltering under a tree.

I was sheltering under a tree.
The thunder is rumbling in the distance.
The thunder was rumbling in the distance.
Flags are fluttering in the breeze.
Flags were fluttering in the breeze.
The wind has blown strongly.
The wind had blown strongly.
The sun has shone brightly.
The sun had shone brightly.
The clouds have obscured the sun.
The clouds had obscured the sun.
It rains.
The wind blows.
It drizzles.

It rained.
The wind blew.
It drizzled.

Extension

Read and discuss the first example so children understand

what is required.

Answers
Individual answers

Resource Book

future

Pupil Book

had gusted
is battering
swirled
has struck
will snow

Support PCM

Children can work individually or in pairs.

When complete, discuss answers.

Answers
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I had painted the door and then I washed the brushes.

I have seen my friend in the street.
I had heard the thunder before I went to bed.
I shall carry the heaviest bag.

Extension PCM

Children should work individually.

Answers
Individual answers

Extra
Make infinitive and tense cards, e.g.
infinitive cards:

to worry

to know

to discover

tense cards:

past simple

present progressive

Individuals pick an infinitive card and a tense card and

make a sentence.

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