ENG/P/1: Verbs

IS AND ARE
There are girls
It is a dog
Today is Friday
Activity
Fill in the gaps using is or are.
1. The kittens _______ playing
2. They ______going home
3. Those _____boys
4. David ______going to school
5. John and Mary _____friend
6. The time now _____seven O’clock

“has” and “have”
1. She has a bag
2. I have a ball.
Activity.
Fill in the gaps using “has” or “have”
3. Do you ________a pencil
4. Mummy _________a car
5. We _________ many books
6. They ______ a dog and a cat.

Verbs ( A verb is a doing word)
Doing verbs Add ——-ing
Eat – eating
Sweep – sweeping
Wash – washing
Look – looking
Activity
Add — ing to the words in brackets and fill

1. Are they _____ food? (eat)
2. Mummy is ______ clothes (wash)
3. She is ______at the bus. (look)
4. They are _____football (play)
5. Jane is ______ the compound. (Sweep)

Add —— ing (dropping “e”)
Come – coming
Give – giving
Dance – dancing
Make – making
Write – writing
Activity
Add —— ing to the words in brackets and complete the sentences.
1. She is _______ a mat. (make)
2. They are ______to school. (come)
3. Are we ______ on papers today? (write)
4. I have a _____ mother. (Love)
5. We are _____ today. (move)
6. Is she ________? (dance)

Verbs (doubling the last letter add —ing )
Mop – mopping
Jog – jogging
Dig – digging
Cut – cutting
Clap – clapping
Activity
Add —– ing to the words in brackets and fill in the gaps.
a) Am ____(dig)
b) She is ______now (mop)
c) Are they ________(clap)

Past Tense
Add —- d to the verbs
Ending with “d”
Move – moved
Love – loved
Bathe – bathed
Fill in the gaps with the past tense of the verb brackets
1. They ________last night. (bathe)
2. We ________our mother very much.
(love)
3. He ______by car to Kampala (move)
4. James ________in Mbarara (live)
5. We _____ on Friday. (dance)

Ending with letter “d” as sound “t”
Dance – danced
Like – liked
Cook – cooked
Jump – jumped
Box – boxed
Wash – washed.
Activity
Complete the sentences using the past tense of the verbs given in brackets.
1. We _____ meat for lunch
2. He ______ clothes last week
3. John ________over the fence.

Ending as letter “d”
Rain – rained
Point – pointed
Join – joined
Play – played
Clean – cleaned
Pray – prayed

Activity
Use the correct form of verbs in the bracket to complete these sentences.
a) It ______yesterday (rain)
b) Who ______to the flower? (point)
c) They ______at break time. (play)
d) She _______the house well. (clean)

Past Tense (Double last letter then ——-ed)
Clap- clapping
Mop – mopped
Jog – jogged
Activity
Complete the sentences using the past tense of verbs in brackets.
a) Henry ________ bedroom last week.(mop)
b) They ______for the teacher. (clap)

c) I ________yesterday (jog)

Using “was” and “were”
“Was” is used with singular
“Were” is used with plurals
a) The girl was crying.
b) Was she mopping?

Activity
Fill in WAS or WERE in the gaps
1. My mother _____at the bank.
2. The food ______sweet
3. The chairs ________broken.
4. It ______raining.
5. There ________ten girls
6. Monday and John _____ running
7. The thief ______ in their house.