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1. Verbs and Verb
Tenses
Yr 8 English

2. Verbs and Verb Tenses
Learning Intention
 To know and understand what
verbs and verb tenses are.
Success Criteria
 I can say what verbs and verb
tenses are.
 I can say and give examples
of verb tenses.
 I can define and list the
functions of verbs.

3. Key Vocabulary  verb
 participles
 present participles
 past participles
 verb tenses
 present
 past
 future
 indicative
 conditional
 imperative

4. GKR
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

5. Hook – Verb Game

6. What is a verb?
 Verbs express actions.
 They are doing, being and
having words.
Doing
Being
Having

7. What are tenses?
 Tenses of verbs tell us when
actions happen.
 Present
 Past
 Future

8. What are participles?
 Present participles are part
verbs ending in –ing
 e.g. jumping, thinking
 e.g. I am (helper) thinking
(present participle).
 Past participles are used to
make a complete (finite) verb.
 e.g. eaten, taken
 e.g. I will have (two helpers)
worked (past participle) hard.
 English uses many helper
(auxiliary) verbs. The main
ones are made from to be and
to have. They are placed
before:
 present participles
 past participles
Sometimes more than
One helper is needed to
Make a complete verb.

9. Types of verb tenses
Type Present Past Future
Simple run ran shall/will run
Continuous Is running was running shall/will be
running
Complete
(perfect)
have run had run shall/will have
run
Complete
(perfect)
continuous
have been
running
had been
running
shall/will have
been running
I run on the
track.
I ran on the
track.
I will run on
the track.

10. Types of verb tenses
Verb Present Past Future
skip
walk
eat
help
think

11. Function of verbs
 Verbs have functions.
 In grammar these are called moods.
 We can state facts, impose conditions or give
orders.

12. Function of verbs
Function Present Past Future
Stating a
fact(indicative)
work worked shall/will work
Imposing limits
(conditional)
should work
would work
should have
worked
would have
worked
should/would
replaced
shall/will
Expressing a
command,
request or an
entreaty
(imperative)
Let us work.
(first person)
Let
him/her/it/them
work. (third
person)
Work! Come!
(implied second
person)

13. Function of verbs - examples
Function Present Past Future
Stating a
fact(indicative)
I walk to the
shops.
She went to a
party yesterday.
He will buy a
mobile phone
tomorrow.
Imposing limits
(conditional)
A new stove
would work
better than this
old one.
The light should
have worked as
I put in a new
globe.
He should study
harder next
year.
Expressing a
command,
request or an
entreaty
(imperative)
Come here!
(command)
Please let him
come to your
party. (request)
Let’s not argue.
(entreaty/beggin
g)

14. Review
 Complete the Before and After
Web
 The learning actions I used
today were …