Review- Author's Purpose and Present Tense Verbs

Review- Author's Purpose and Present Tense Verbs

Authors write for 3 reasons...... just remember "PIE"

P- (persuade)- to change someone's mind about something.

I- (Inform)- to give you information or tell you something.

E- (Entertain)- to make you enjoy the reading or feel good

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's Purpose for writing this book?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

Present Tense Verbs

Present tense means when something is happening right now.

So, present tense verbs are verbs that are happening now in the sentence.

Remember, if one subject is doing the action, the verb will end with an 's'.

Ex- Betty runs to the park everyday.

If more than one subject is doing the action, the verb will NOT end with 's'.

Ex. The girls play games during break time.

Multiple Choice

The girl and her boyfriend _________________. (to dance)

• dance

• dances

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All the kids ___________________ t.v. (to watch)

• watch

• watches

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The friends ___________________ on the phone. (to talk)

• talk

• talks

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Michael __________________ to music. (to listen)

• listen

• listens

Multiple Choice

The kids ___________________ ping pong. (to play)

• play

• plays

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The girl ________________ in the chair. (to sit)

• sit

• sits

Multiple Choice

The boy ____________________ a bike. (to ride)

• ride

• rides