Module 2: How to be

Your Own Brand

Ambassador
Session 4: Correct
Usage of Grammar
Lesson Objectives

By the end of this class, you will be able

to:

Identify the different forms of verbs

Apply the rules of subject verb

agreement in sentences
Verbs

▪ Verbs are words that indicate an action or

occurrence or state of being.
▪ For example: Rahul plays football in the garden.
▪ Here, the word ‘plays’ denotes the action. Hence,
it is a verb.
▪ For example: She has a beautiful house.
▪ Here, the word ‘has’ denotes the state of
belonging. Hence, it is also a verb.

Let’s Practice

Identify the verbs in the following sentences.

1. The teacher enters the class.

2. He is not well.

3. She writes a letter to her uncle.

Types of Verbs

▪ Action verbs indicate a movement or occurrence

by depicting what the subject in a sentence is
doing.

▪ Example :
1. She paints on a wall.
2. Rahul writes a letter to his pen friend.
3. The manager calls an urgent meeting.
4. She feels elated for her promotion.

Let’s Practice

Identify the action verb in each sentence.

1. She walks alone in the garden.

2. Manav usually comes late to the meeting.

Helping verbs

▪ They help the main verb in a sentence by

extending its meaning. They add detail to the
main verb and are needed to complete the
structure of a sentence. These are also known as
auxiliary verbs

▪ The three examples of auxiliary verbs are: ‘to be’,

‘to have’, ‘to do’. These verbs have different
⎼ To be: is, are, am, was, were, be, been
forms:
⎼ To have: has, have, had
⎼ To do: do, did, does

Example

1. Richa is an honest girl.

2. I have an urgent meeting today.

3. I do not know how to solve this Maths problem.

Let’s
Discuss
▪ Identify the helping verbs and action verbs in
the following sentences.

▪ For example: I am reading about the Junior

Olympics.

▪ Here, ‘am’ is the helping verb and ‘reading’ is

the action verb.
1. She was competing in a wheelchair race.
2. Sarah had joined the Wheelchair Athlete
Club.
3. The racers were using special racing
wheelchairs.
4. They are training several times a week.
5. They have lifted weights too.
6. Sarah has raced for several years.
7. She will race many more times.
Different Forms of Verbs

▪ Verbs can be used in different forms, based on the

tenses.

▪ Tenses are forms of verbs that denote time. They

also show continuance or completion of an
action or a state that is expressed in
connection with the moment at which a
statement is made about it. There are three
main tenses: the present, the past, and the
future.

▪ Present: She goes to the market.

▪ Past: She went to the market yesterday.

▪ Future: She will go to the market tomorrow.

Present Past Form Past Participle Present Participle
Form Form Form

go went gone going

ring rang rung ringing

drive drove driven driving

play played played playing

cut cut cut cutting

hurt hurt hurt hurting

Let’s
Discuss
▪ Write the past, past participle and present
participle forms of the verbs given below:

▪ Example:

▪ Ring: rang, rung, ringing

1. Eat
2. Sing
3. Dance
4. Put
5. Bring
6. Write
7. Read
8. Manage
Subject Verb Agreement

▪ A subject and a verb in a sentence have to

always be in agreement in either its
singular form or plural form.

▪ This means, if a subject is in a singular

form, the verb must also be in singular
form.

▪ Also, if a subject is in plural form, the verb

must also be in plural form.
Subject Verb
(Singular)
(Singular)
Subject Verb
(Plural) (Plural)
Singular Subject and Singular Verb

▪ Singular subject means there is only one

person or one thing (one subject) doing the
action in the sentence.

⎼ For example: I, you, he, she, it.

▪ Singular verbs may be identified with an ‘s’,

or ‘es’ added to the word.

⎼ For example: Is, goes, does, sit, stands,

eats, etc.

⎼ For example: He eats an apple.

⎼ Riya goes for a walk.

One exception to this rule is when you use ‘I’ or
‘You’ in the simple present tense as the subject. In
this case, plural verbs are used as singular.

▪ For example: I go, I do, You sit, You stand, etc.

▪ For example: You go to the mall. (exception)

Let’s Practice v

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

1. John _____ (play) football.

2. You _____ (sing) well
3. I _____( write ) a letter everyday.
4. She _______ (cook) breakfast for me.
Plural Subject and Plural Verb

▪ Plural subject means there is more than

one person or thing (subject) doing the
action in the sentence.

⎼ For example: They, Them, Theirs, Priya

and Shilpa, You and I, etc.

▪ Plural verbs will not have s, or -es added

to the word.
⎼For example: Are, Sit, stand, talk, walk,
etc.
⎼ Simon and Peter are brothers.
⎼ Practice
Let’s They talk loudly.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of

verbs.

1. We______(play) football in the garden.

2. They _______ (sing) well.
 Let’s compare sentences and see how the verb
changes in the Subject-Verb Agreement

Singular sentences Plural sentences

Her school is closed. Schools are closed.

Sapna goes to watch a movie. Sapna and Ruma go to watch a

movie.
Let’s
Practice
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of
verbs.

1. He _______ (go) for shopping regularly.

2. The managers _______ (attend) the sales

meeting every week.

3. Priya ______ (complete) her work in time.

4. You always ______ (dance) well.

5. The team ‘Lucknow Supergiants’ ________

(arrive) at Mumbai airport today.
Activity
Instructions:

▪ Students will be doing the task given on the

next slide individually.

▪ Students will be given 10 mins to solve the

following
Solve the following

1. Ram and his brother (is/are) playing football.

2. Ayan (do not/does not) like to play volleyball.

3. Either of you (have/has) stolen the bag.

4. Your shirt (is/are) in the top shelf.

5. My family (belongs/belong) to the Bheel tribe.

6. Mr Shetty as well as his family (is/are) quite

humble.

7. Mansi (sing/sings) very well.

8. The book, including all the essays (take/takes)

about two hours to read.

9. They (eat/eats) dinner together everyday.

10. The players as well as the coach (want/wants) to

win.
Verb Tenses

▪ Simple Tense: It tells us when the action

(verb) happens in a sentence. That is,
whether it happens in the past, present, or
future.

▪ For example:
⎼ I ate an apple. (Past)

⎼ I eat apples. (Present)

⎼ I will eat an apple. (Future)

Verb Tenses

▪ Simple Past Tense: It tells us that an

action is completed in a sentence.

▪ For example:

⎼ Priya sang a song.

▪ Here we see Priya has already finished or

completed the action of singing a song.

▪ More examples:

⎼ I ate an ice-cream.

⎼ I wrote a letter.
Verb Tenses

▪ Simple Present Tense: This is used to tell

us the facts, habits and things based on
time. It also shows that these actions
happen repeatedly.

▪ For example:
⎼ Priya likes roses. (Fact)

⎼ Shyam walks in the garden every morning.

(Habit)

⎼ The bus arrives at 9 am. (Scheduled/timed

action)
Verb Tenses

▪ Simple Future Tense: It tells us that an

action will occur in the future.

▪ For example:

⎼ I will meet my friend tomorrow.

⎼ Ram will go to college.

⎼ Ritu will go to America.

Let’s see how verbs change with past, present, future
tenses

Simple Past Tense Simple Present Simple Future

Tense Tense
I came home. I come home at 6pm. I will come home.

She helped her mom. She helps her mom. She will help her
mom.

They played cricket. They play cricket. They will play cricket.
 Activity

Instructions:

▪ Do the task given on the next slide

individually.

▪ Give 15 minutes for everyone to reflect and

answer in their notebooks.
 Question 1
Which of the following sentences are in Simple
Present Tense?
a) Ram went to school.
b) Ram goes to school on Saturdays.
c) Ram will go to school tomorrow.
 Question 2

Which of the following sentences are in Simple

Past Tense?
a) Priya finished her homework.
b) Suraj will eat his lunch.
c) Meena meets her friend.
 Question 3

Which of the following sentences are in Simple

Future Tense?
a) Sam walks to work.
b) She learns to drive the car.
c) She will get her driving licence soon.
Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb:

Today ___ (was/is/will be) Shina’s holiday. She

______(planned/plans/will plan) to spend time
with her friends. She ____ (liked/likes/will like) to
go for movies with her friends and then have lunch
together. So that is what they have decided to do.
After lunch, they ____ (went/go/will go) to meet
Ram. Ram ___ (was/is/will be) sick. They plan to
____ (took/take/will take) some fruits, flowers and
a gift for him to make him feel better. That ___
(was/is/will) how Shina has planned her day.
Answers

Today __is__ (was/is/will be) Shina’s holiday. She

_plans__ (planned/plans/will plan) to spend time
with her friends. She _likes___ (liked/likes/will like)
to go for movies with her friends and have lunch
together. So that is what they have decided to do.
After lunch they __will go__ (went/go/will go) to
meet Ram. Ram _is__ (was/is/will be) sick. They
plan to __take__ (took/take/will take) some fruits,
flowers and a gift for him to make him feel better.
That _is__ (was/is/will) how Shina has planned her
day.