Classroom Resource

Shifts in Verb Tenses | No Nonsense Grammar

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

In this lesson, students explore verb tense through a short, fun video and activity. Shifts in verb tense are useful in helping readers understand actions occurring at different times. Verb tenses should stay consistent in every sentence. This resource provides students with the opportunity to practice identifying shifts in verb tenses. 

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.15

Analyze meaningful parts (morphemes) of words and phrases in discussions and/or text.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.3.15

Vocabulary

  • Analyze
  • Meaningful parts
  • Morphemes
  • Words
  • Phrases

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Morphemes are the smallest unit in a word that carry meaning.
  • Words and phrases can be divided into morphemes to identify the meaning of the word or phrase.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and analyze morphemes of words and phrases in discussions and/or text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Morphemes are meaningful word parts, and they can help find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.15b

Apply knowledge of the changes in tense (-ed), number (-s), and degree (-er and -est) signified by inflected endings to determine the meaning of a word.

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Vocabulary

  • Knowledge
  • Tense
  • Number
  • Degree
  • Inflected endings
  • Determine

Knowledge

  • Inflected endings are added to words to show that a word's meaning has changed in tense, number, or degree.

Skills

  • Apply knowledge of inflectional endings to determine meaning of words.

Understanding

  • When a word has an inflected ending, the meaning of the base word has changed.
  • When an -ed is added to a verb, it signifies the verb happened in the past.
  • When an -s is added to a noun, it signifies the noun is plural (more than one).
  • When an -er or -est is added to the end of an adjective it changes the degree of comparison.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.39

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

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UP:ELA21.4.39

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.39b

Form and use the progressive verb tenses.

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Vocabulary

  • Progressive verb tenses

Knowledge

  • The progressive verb tense describes ongoing actions, and it tells about something that is, was, or will be happening.

Skills

  • Form and use the progressive verb tenses; for example, I was walking, I am walking.

Understanding

  • The tense of a verb indicates when the action occurred.
  • To form the progressive tenses, they will use a form of the helping verb to be with a main verb ending in -ing.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.39

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

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UP:ELA21.5.39

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.39e

Use verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.5.39e

Vocabulary

  • Verb tenses
    • Times Sequences States Conditions

Knowledge

  • The tense of a verb tells you when a person did something or when something existed or happened.
  • In English, there are three main tenses: the present, the past, and the future.
  • There are regular verbs that follow a predictable pattern when changing tenses, but there are also irregular verbs that can change their entire spelling when changing tenses.

Skills

  • Use verb tenses to describe various times, sequences, states, and conditions in writing.

Understanding

  • They can change the tense of verbs in writing to indicate various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Link to Resource
https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/no-nonsense-grammar-shift-tense/shif…

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS
Accessibility
License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/#permitted

Comments or Notes

This resource includes supporting materials for teachers and students. 

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