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V a J Verbs in the Future Which sentence tells about an action in the past? Which sentence tells about an action that is going to happen? Lightning flashed across the sky. I will sleep under the covers tonight! You know that verbs can tell about actions in the present or in the past. A verb that tel...

V a J Verbs in the Future Which sentence tells about an action in the past? Which sentence tells about an action that is going to happen? Lightning flashed across the sky. I will sleep under the covers tonight! You know that verbs can tell about actions in the present or in the past. A verb that tells about an action that is going to happen is in the future time. Use the helping verb wiIIto show future time. Present Past Future Clouds cover the sun. Rain fills the birdbath. Clouds covered the sun. Rain filled the birdbath. Clouds will cover the sun. Rain will fill the birdbath. Try It Out $peak Up Does the underlined verb show present time, past time, or future time? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 108 This morning I looked out the window. Rain poured from the sky. I keep my boots in the closet. Sarah wears her new raincoat. We will splash in the puddles. My cat Pepper will stay indoors all day. He will sleep under my bed. Unit 3: Verbs I On YOLO Write the correct future time of each verb in Example: We 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. ( ). about weather in class. (learn) will learn Ming his science project first. (present) He all about rain. (explain) First, the sun some of the water on the earth. (heat) This water a gas called water vapor. (become) Tiny droplets of water from the water vapor clouds. (form) The droplets larger and heavier. (grow) Then they as rain. (fall) Cold weather the droplets to snow. (turn) 16—24. This weather report has nine verbs in the future time. Write the weather report. Underline the verbs that show future time. Example: The storm will last all day. The storm will last alt day. Heavy snow wifi begin by noon. It will end early tomorrow About twenty inches of snow will fall. Strong winds will blow all night. They will cause huge drifts. Skies will clear on Monday. Then the temperature will rise to forty degrees. The snow will melt. Stay tuned to W$NO. Our reporters will inform you of any change In the weather forecast. WRITSUG TUUKIUG. LISTeNING i Write a Weather Report F What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow? Write a weather report. Use verbs in the future time. Then read your report to a partner. Can your partner name the veths that show future time? For Extra Practice see page 135. Verbs in the Future 109 eViS”9 strategieS Writing with Verbs Combining Sentences You know that combining sentences often makes your writing clearer. When two sentences have the same subject, you can put the sentences together. Join the two predicates and use the word and between them. I wrote Esther a letter. I told her about school. J I wrote Esther a letter and told her about school. The subject of both sentences is I. You can combine the two predicates wrote Esther a letter and told her about schooL Apply It 1—6. Rewrite this part of an unfinished letter that a student started many years ago. Combine each pair of underlined sentences. eVi”9 December 1,1860 Dear Esther, School starts tomorrow. We put away our farming clothes. We ironed our dresses. This year my little sister Lucy will walk with me to school. The walk is about two miles long. The walk takes about half an hour. I wilt have to stow 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 chatk 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.CVISIflY j I The tetcher’s desk is tcll. The t&icher’s desk stinds on Our stove burns wood. Our stove wrms the room. J I picitform. We sit on benches. We write on long counters. Writing with Verbs 1 11