1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE
2 LEARN GRAMMAR
3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN
Use Subjects and Verbs
• An action verb tells what the subject does. Some action verbs tell about an action that you cannot see.
EXAMPLES I choose my friends. I pick them carefully. • Make sure an action verb agrees with its subject. Add -s if the subject tells about one place, one thing, or one other person.
EXAMPLES My friends help each other. Amy helps me with math. Ben helps Amy with music. • If the verb ends in sh, ch, ss, s, z, or x, add -es.
EXAMPLES Amy sings. She reaches high notes. She misses her music teacher. • Some verbs have special forms. The forms of be tell what a subject is like.
EXAMPLES My friends are all different. Ben is a storyteller. Amy is dramatic. I am quiet. • The forms of have tell what a subject owns.
EXAMPLES They have different interests, too. Each one has a special interest.
My friend acts in the school play.
Practice Together
Say each sentence with the correct verb.
1. My friends all (have/has) special hobbies, too.
2. Ben and I (march /marches) in the marching band.
3. Amy (act /acts) in the drama club at school.
4. She (watch /watches) plays at the theater, too.
5. We (talk/talks) about the plays she sees.
Try It!
Read each sentence. Write the correct verb on a card. Then say the sentence with the correct verb.
6. Chris (relax /relaxes) in the evening.
7. He (find/finds) time to check his e-mail.
8. He (have/has) lots of e-mails to answer.
9. His friends (is/are) happy to hear from him.
10. They (write/writes) him back quickly.