This teaching slides resource introduces precise verbs, elaborated tense, and adverb groups, and explores how writers use each to make meaning clearer and more effective.
Introductory slides establish what a verb is and set up the learning intentions before moving through each concept: the difference between a general verb and a precise verb, simple versus elaborated tense, and how adverb groups add detail about how, when, and where something happens. Each concept is introduced with a definition and worked examples before moving into practice.
What's included:
Introductory slides on verbs and learning intentions
Explanation slides covering precise verbs, elaborated tense (simple and elaborated), and adverb groups with examples
12 practice slides to identify how a sentence has been improved (multiple choice), improve sentences using a precise verb, elaborated tense, or adverb group (I Do/We Do format), rewrite sentences using elaborated tense, and sort sentences by improvement type