Answers from Tuesday’s lesson Oliver ate a mouthful of toast, gulped down some orange juice, then ran out of the house.

The swallows somersaulted though the air as they flew high above the city.

Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

I danced I am dancing I will dance

The snow melted The snow is melting The snow will melt

James lied James in lying James will lie

Ella sang Ella is singing Ella will sing

I ate I am eating I will eat

If the fire alarm rang, evacuate the building.

Last year, Harry visited Disney Land.

On Saturday, I will be staying at Freya’s house for a sleepover.

The wind blew strongly through the valley.

While on holiday, I swam in the ocean everyday.

After school I am going to see a film at the cinema.

Ava was late this morning, hopefully she will be on time tomorrow.

I do my spellings after dinner, Jack does his before football practice.

You were at my house last Saturday. We did the Harlem Shake and had lots of fun.

Milo and Everly have been very silly today.

I have two cats, they’re called Alan and Nigel.

Finley is my little brother. Sometimes I don’t like him much, but I’m very lucky to have him!

We were supposed to go the park today but it rained.

My homework is finished, I did it earlier. Yasmin hasn’t handed hers in but she doesn’t care.

I was chosen to be Star of the Week.

I saw you in Tesco last night.

The new football boots Freddie ordered came yesterday .

Miss Perkins said the story I wrote was very good.

‘To be’ is a verb, isn’t it?

In the future, the smartest homes will

have many automated facilities and

this may also include some form of

artificial intelligence.

The stairs descended before them and

with each step they were enveloped in

a darkness. Descended and were enveloped are verbs. Step and

before are not.

Each time we deplete the resources of

the world, our actions effect areas

unknown to us.

effect deplete give

Markie is incorrect because he has

missed the verbs ‘to know’ and ‘are’.

He should have underlined ‘are

making’ instead of just ‘making’. He has

incorrectly underlined ‘essential’ as this

is an adjective.

L.O: To recognise that words can be used as both nouns and verbs

Nouns can also be verbs!

As we know, nouns are words that name things, people and places and verbs are words that name

actions. However, the English language is never just that straight forward.

There are some nouns in English which can also be verbs.

Which of the sentences uses ‘benefit’ as a noun?

The doctor’s surgery launched a new health scheme that would benefit everyone in the local community.

The company offered a pension plan, a company car and a health benefit scheme to their new employees.

Today we are looking at collection of words that can be used both as nouns and verbs.

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For example:

Can you think of any other words that could be nouns and verbs? Time yourself 1 minute

and see how many you can come up with. Maybe even make it a challenge against

someone in the house?

When the sun comes out we like to play in the park.

James had to park the car.

noun

verb

The fly is really annoying me.

The bird was getting ready to fly south for the Winter.

noun

verb

I can’t wait until we can book our holiday.

I love reading a good book.

verb

noun

She uses a brush to sort out her unruly hair.

He is starting to brush his hair.

noun

verb

I like to fish for fun.

This fish is really colourful.

verb

noun

Identifying whether it is a noun or a verb. In your book identify which one is which

Now it’s your turn: Write two sentences for these words – 1 sentence using it as a noun and 1 using it as a verb

• Display

• Scratch

• Wave

• Lift

• Land

• Damage

You cannot change the word by adding suffixes, prefixes or plurals.

Give each on an illustration like I did too!

If the sentence is verb, write a sentence using the word as a noun. If the sentence is a noun, write a sentence using the word as a verb.

https://wordwall.net/play/2725/424/509

Copy the link up above for a noun or verb quiz