Grammar Review: Key Concepts and Exercises

This video tutorial provides a grammar review focusing on verbs, including main and helping verbs. It explains the role of verbs in sentences, the importance of verb tense, and how to identify and label verbs in sentences. The tutorial includes practical exercises for students to practice these concepts, emphasizing the use of helping verbs and the correct verb tense in narrative writing.

What is NOT considered a basic part of speech?

• Subjects

• Adverbs

• Verbs

• Nouns

What does a verb indicate in a sentence?

• The location

• The action or state of being

• The description of a noun

• The position in time

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

How many helping verbs are there?

• 15

• 23

• 10

• 30

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

Which of the following is a helping verb?

• Run

• Jump

• Describe

• Is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

What is the purpose of using helping verbs with main verbs?

• To describe the action

• To add specific meaning

• To complete the sentence structure

• To change the tense

Tags

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

Which tense was recommended for use when discussing past events in narratives?

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Present perfect tense

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.5.1B

Which verb tense is used to describe ongoing actions?

• Future perfect

• Present continuous

• Past perfect

• Past continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.1.1E

What should you do when you identify a verb in a sentence?

• Highlight it

• Underline it twice

• Ignore it

• Underline it once

What label is used for main verbs when analyzing sentences?

• VB

• MV

• NN

• HV

Tags

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

What should be done with helping verbs in the practice activity?

• Label with 'HV'

• Ignore them

• Highlight them

• Underline once

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C