verbs. help.

[zoeuk1]

can anyone help me with this! ds in yr 2 and his homework is verbs. says, write out the verb 'to be':
I...........
we........
you.......
they......
etc.
what is verb 'to be'?!
am i being thick?

I am
We are
you are
etc

so
i am
we are
they are
also can it be:
he is?
or isnt 'to be' meaning future tense eg. i will, you will, he wont etc.

im getting bloody confused now. maybe im making it harder than it is.

depends .. if a teacher said to me to write out the verb to be and didn't specify any tense I would assume she meant present tense

can you ask DS if he's been studying past or future or conditional tenses (don't know what year 2 do)

but you are right with 'he is' for present

are there any other verbs he has to write out? what does he have to do for them?

he also has to circle round the part of the verb 'to be' in these sentences:
today we are playing outside.
that elephant is very big.
"i am so tired", said sam.
it is quite cold today.

im thinking that this is quite hard for 6 and 7 yr olds.

if that's the homework I'd say present tense so

I am
you are
he/she is
we are
they are

today we are playing outside.
that elephant is very big.
"i am so tired", said sam.
it is quite cold today.

although don't know if you need to include the pronoun

ok, im starting to understand. im guessing you highlighted elephant by mistake?
i'll go with present tense but im still wondering what does verb 'to be' mean.

is verb 'to be' what comes before the verb?
like, i am running
we are swimming. so the verb to be is i am/we are
and the verb is running/swimming?

'I am running' is an example of a compound verb, where am (from 'to be') is an auxilary verb and the other verb, running tells you what is happening. You can use 'to be' as a simple verb as well, e.g. I am fat, he is blue etc. In your son's homework, your son needs to underline: is, are and am etc.

Perhaps these links would help

\link{http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/vbcmpd.html#auxiliary%20verb\compound verbs}

\link{http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be\to be}

Silly homework for Year 2 though!!

its pretty confusing for yr 2s. even im finding it confusing! thanks for your help.