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2.3.1 Word Classes
English · Grade 10 · 5 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Verbs and verb inflection
- Primary auxiliary verbs: be, have, do
- Progressive and perfective aspects
- Modal auxiliary verbs
- Phrasal verbs
What you will be able to do
- identify verbs and their inflected forms
- use primary auxiliary verbs correctly
- use progressive and perfective aspects appropriately
- use modal auxiliary verbs to express degrees of certainty and obligation
- use phrasal verbs correctly in context
Key questions
“How does a verb show when something happened and how certain it is?”
Lessons
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Verbs, auxiliaries and aspect
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizHow English shows time, and the difference between finished and continuing.
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Modal verbs and phrasal verbs
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizExpressing certainty, obligation and permission, and verbs that change meaning with a particle.
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Subject-verb agreement
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizMatching the verb to the real subject, even when extra words sit in between.
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Finite and non-finite verbs
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWhich verb forms can run a clause, and which can only add extra information.
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Tense consistency in climate writing
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizChoosing a home tense and only leaving it when time itself changes.