please help a grammar dunce!

[wideratthehips]

the dunce is of course me!

ds has started yr2 and has started doing verbs....i said erm its doing words usually ending in 'ing' and felt rather embarrassed and actually unsure if i was telling him the correct thing!

could anyone suggest a book to help me guide him through, i have the cold sweats thinking about nouns and pronouns and really want to be able to support him TIA

[kittywise]

hat about the great grammar book that makes it fun.
www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Grammar-Book-Kate-Petty/dp/1898304750/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285236532&sr=1-1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[Tinuviel]

A verb is a word that does an action, shows a state of being or helps another verb.

So 3 types - first one speaks for itself and yes, you can add 'ing' to the end! So run, jump, eat. To spot a verb, ask yourself "Can I put 'I/he' in front of it?

State of being verbs link to who what or where you are and the full list is:
am, is, are, was, were, be being been

Helping/auxiliary verbs do what it says on the tin - help another verb! I have played - played is your action and have is helping it. I am going - going is the action; am is the helping verb.

Auxiliary verb list is:
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
have, has, had
do, does, did
shall, will, should, would, may, might, must
can, could
(So state of being verbs can also be helping verbs!)

They will probably only do action verbs anyway because I have never had a secondary pupil who already knew anything about state of being/helping verbs!

[minimathsmouse]

Adverbs, are words that describe the verb.

"I walked slowly through the door" Slowly is the adverb
"I ran quickly" quickly is the adverb.

[wideratthehips]

thankyou all

Tinuviel: i had to read what you had written several times, YIKES!

i will get the book suggested as i need any help i can get and i'm prepared to buy anything recommended, also thanks for the description on adverbs...makes sense!