In your Verb Tense notes write one paragraph

In your Verb Tense notes, write one paragraph in present tense (at least 5 sentences). When you are done, highlight the verbs and verb phrases. Use the same paragraph, and put those same verbs into past, future, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect. (HINT: copy and paste is your friend, and those highlighted verb phrases are the only thing that should change). You should end up with 6 paragraphs. When you are done, start reading your outside reading book! Write down your starting page number, and towards the end of class, we will record your ending page number to find out how many pages you read.

Present Tense It is Thanksgiving morning, and I am beyond excited. I get up and run into the kitchen. I sniff the smells of fall: pumpkin, gravy, turkey. . . I can barely handle all of the smells! I check the timer and sample the mashed potatoes. The clock strikes 10 --how can I wait two more hours to eat?

Highlight verbs and verb phrases It is Thanksgiving morning, and I am beyond excited. I get up and run into the kitchen. I sniff the smells of fall: pumpkin, gravy, turkey. . . I can barely handle all of the smells! I check the timer and sample the mashed potatoes. The clock strikes 10 --how can I wait two more hours to eat?

Past It was Thanksgiving morning, and I was beyond excited. I got up and ran into the kitchen. I sniffed the smells of fall: pumpkin, gravy, turkey. . . I could barely handle all of the smells! I checked the timer and sampled the mashed potatoes. The clock struck 10 --how could I wait two more hours to eat?

Past Perfect It was Thanksgiving morning, and I had been beyond excited for days. I had gotten up and ran into the kitchen. I had sniffed the smells of fall: pumpkin, gravy, turkey. . . I could barely handle all of the smells! I had checked the timer before I sampled the mashed potatoes when the clock struck 10 --how could I wait two more hours to eat?