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ACTIVITY 1
TO USE TENSES TO COMMUNICATE ORALLY AND IN WRITING [LO 6.2.1]
TO USE SUBJECT-VERB CONCORD [LO 6.2.2]
SIMPLE TENSES:PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE
The tense of a verb tells us when the action takes place.
There are three main simple tenses:
The present tense:
I eat food. (This action takes place regularly.)
The past tense:
I ate food. (This action has already taken place and is now finished.)
The future tense:
I shall eat food. (This action has not taken place
yet.)
Do not confuse the simple tenses with Continuous Tenses.
I am eating . (Present Continuous tense)
I was eating . (Past Continuous tense)
I shall be eating . (Future Continuous tense)
Crumbs specialises in fantasy confectionary. It is the brainchild of former jewellery designer Greg Robinson and ex-social worker Max Schonfield. It started five years ago and now boasts among its clients Tina Turner and Eartha Kitt. The Queen Mother ordered a birthday cake 2 m high and covered with icing butterflies. It will be valued at over R22 500.
Extract taken and adapted from Incredible Edibles ( You , 18 March 1993)
Yesterday…(Past tense) | Today …(Present tense) | Tomorrow…(Future tense) |
e.g. sat | sit | will/shall sit |
specialises | (will) | |
is | (will) | |
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boasts | (will) | |
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(shall) |
4. Group work: Rewrite these extracts into past tense , onto large sheets of newsprint.
5. Write down the proper form of the verb in these sentences:
Yesterday we (5.1 go) _________ to the Spur for lunch. My baby
brother (5.2 do) __________ not know which knife and fork to use
and I (5.3 is) _________ very embarrassed.
My father just (5.4 laughs) ___________ and this (5.5 make)
________ my mother very angry.
My mother (5.6 teach) __________ my brother his manners at the
dinner table today. He (5.7 practise) __________________ how to
behave at the table. My sister and I (5.8 watch) _________
how he (5.9 unfold) his serviette, cut his food properly and (5.10 say) _______ thank you to my mother for the delicious food.
“SOUND” VERBS: JUST FOR FUN
Match the sounds to the animals that make them. Write in the correct words.
1. | a turkey | grunts/ squeals | |
2. | a pig | brays | |
3. | a bee | neighs | |
4. | a horse | roars | |
5. | a donkey | howls | |
6. | a cat | gobbles | |
7. | a cow | mews | |
8. | birds | buzzes/hums | |
9. | a wolf | trumpets | |
10. | an elephant | lows | |
11. | a lion | crows | |
12. | a cock |
ACTIVITY 2
TO UNDERSTAND, IN A SIMPLE WAY, SOME ELEMENTS OF POETRY: COMPARISONS [LO 3.2.4]
TO WRITE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON [LO 4.1.5]
TO REPEAT A STRUCTURE TO CREATE A POETIC RHYTHM AND PATTERN [LO 4.3.3]
OCTOPOEMS
Try your hand at describing a person or topic through this 8-line formula.
FORMULA! | EXAMPLE! | |
line 1: | Topic is a colour | My mother is pink. |
line 2: | a season | She is the summer time |
line 3: | a place | in the kitchen. |
line 4: | a type of weather | She is warm. |
line 5: | a type of clothing | My mother is a slipper, |
line 6: | a piece of furniture | a comfortable old sofa. |
line 7: | a TV show | She is an Oprah show, |
line 8: | a type of food | lumpy chicken gravy! |
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