Using Verbs in Simple

Present Tense
Jadee I. Castro
Famy-Mabitac District
Division of Laguna
Game: Act and Guess

Divide the class into two groups. Each group

will agree on five action words that they are to act
out for the other group to guess.
Spelling:

planted grew ground check still

Who are the animals in
our story “ The Enormous
Carrot”?
Let us read this together.
Tiktilaok, Tiktilaok!
The rooster wakes everyone up. All the farm animals
get up. Mother hen starts to look for food. The baby
chicks go with mother. They scratch the ground for grains
and crumbs. All the other animals keep themselves busy
looking for something to eat. At night time, they all sleep
early so as to be ready for the next day.
Ask:
What animal crows to wake everyone up?
What does mother hen do?
Who goes with mother hen?
Why do the hen and chicks scratch the ground?
Wht do the animals sleep early?
Read the sentences taken from the paragraph. Identify
the action word.

The rooster crows crows

Mother hen starts to look for food. starts
The chicks go with mother hen. go
They scratch the ground. scratch
The animals keep themselves busy. keep
They all sleep early. sleep
Study the chart below.
Subject How Many Action Words/Verbs

roaster one crows

hen one starts
chicks more than one go
they more than one scratch
animals more than one keep
they more than one sleep
Read the sentences.
Rowena sweeps the floor.
Jane dusts the shelves.
The other boys arrange the chairs.
They all keep their room clean and tidy.

(Ask: Who is talked about in each sentence? What

form of the verb is used when talking about one
person? /-s form/ What form of the verb is used when
talking about two or more persons? /simple form/)
 The verbs
sweep,dusts,arrange, and
keep are all in the simple
present tense.
Get one picture from the chart make a sentence about it using the
simple present form. Write your sentences in your notebook.
Independent Practice

Refer the pupils to LM

Activity 177