Parts of Speech – Verbs (Primary 6)

Last Updated on July 15, 2020 by Alabi M. S.

ENGLISH STUDIES

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 5

PRIMARY 6

TOPIC: Verbs

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

• By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and be able to:

1. identify verbs;
2. use verb in making sentences.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

• The pupils are required to already have learned in their lesson – pronoun.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

• The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Course book
2. Real objects
3. Pictures

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
3. Course Books
4. Learngrammar
5. All Relevant Materials
6. Online Materials

Related posts: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs. Scheme of work – first term – second term – third term. Seventh week lesson outline. 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION – VERBS 

A verb is an action word or doing word that shows an action, an event or a state.

TYPES/IDENTIFICATION OF VERBS

• Main verbs – Main verbs are also known as action verbs. They are used to express action. Something that an animal, a person or a thing does.

For examples,

1. My future is bright.
2. He feels scared.
3. Eze goes to school.
4. The policeman is here.

Auxiliary verbs or Helping verbs – Auxiliary verbs are used to support or help the main verbs.

For examples,

1. He is writing a letter – is: auxiliary verb, writing: main verb.
2. She is eating a banana – is: auxiliary verb, eating: main verb.
3. They are playing football – are: auxiliary verb, playing: main verb.
4. The teachers are marking the answer sheets – are: auxiliary verb, making: main verb.

Exercises

Identify all the verbs in the following sentences:

1. Mrs Makelemi speaks kindly to her Pupil’s.
2. Taiye and Kehinde are wearing a clean and well – ironed uniform.
3. Michael is flying a kite.
4. The children are play under a tall tree
5. Seun sleeps in the biggest room.

Sentences building – construct five sentences using the following verbs:

1. Speaks
2. Speaking
3. Swims
4. Swimming
5. Wears
6. Wearing.

PRESENTATION

• To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
2. Explains verb;
3. Guides pupils to identify verbs;
4. Pupil’s Activities – Identify verbs.
5. Guides pupils to use verbs in sentences;
6. Pupil’s Activities – Use verbs in making sentences.

CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson – Adverbs

LESSON EVALUATION/ASSIGNMENT

Pupil to:

1. identify verbs in sentences;
2. make correct use of verbs.