Identifying Verbs Showing Future Time

Heavy snow will begin by ______.

The snow will ______ early tomorrow.

Skies will clear on ______.

The temperature will rise to forty ______.

Our reporters will inform you of any change in the weather ______.

Clouds covered the sun. Rain filled the birdbath. Clouds will ______ the sun.

This morning I looked out the window. Rain poured from the sky. I keep my boots in the closet. Sarah ______ her new raincoat.

We will ______ about weather in class.

First, the sun heats some of the water on the earth. This water becomes a gas called water vapor. Tiny droplets of water from the water vapor ______ clouds.

The droplets grow larger and heavier. Then they ______ as rain.

My little sister Lucy will walk with me to school this year. The walk is about two miles long. The walk takes about half an hour. I will have to slow down for Lucy. I walk fast. I like to run sometimes. I am now fourteen. I will be in my last year of school. Lucy begins school, now that she is eight. I taught Lucy the ABCs. I gave her a new piece of ____________. Are you looking forward to school?

We have a new teacher. We wonder what she will be like. 110 Unit 3: Verbs I Sentence Fluency You can combine some sentences in different ways. This gives you more choices when you write. Here are two ways to combine sentences. Students make their own pens. Students make their own pens. Students write on tree bark. I and write on tree bark. The writer decided to combine the predicates above and take out one of the subjects. This new sentence does not need a comma. The writer could have decided to join the predicates and leave in both of the subjects. This new sentence needs a comma because it is made up of two complete sentences. Students make their own pens, and students write on tree bark. Apply It 7—12. Revise these captions. Combine each pair of sentences in two different ways. 12. The teacher’s desk is tall. The teacher’s desk stands on ____________.

Our stove burns wood. Our stove warms the room. I platform. We sit on benches. We write on long counters. Writing with Verbs 1 11. Existing questions. Do NOT ask these: Skies will clear on ______. Heavy snow will begin by ______. The temperature will rise to forty ______. Our reporters will inform you of any change in the weather ______. The snow will ______ early tomorrow.