Worksheet (2 of 2) on Present Tense Verbs
| Definition | A verb is an action word. It tells what someone or something is doing. If the action is happening right now, we use the present tense. We use the "ing" form of the present tense verb when an action is going on for some time. |
| Example | Going through metamorphosis, the honey bee is an animal that changes dramatically from egg to adult. |
| Directions | Write the verb "To Be" and the action verb "ing" in the chart. The first one has been done for you. |
Verb "To Be" |
Action Verb "ing" | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The life cycle of the honey bee is a changing series of events. | is |
changing |
| 2 | The queen bees up to 2,000 eggs per day during the spring. | ||
| 3 | Eggs in the comb by the third day. | ||
| 4 | Next, the eggs into larva. | ||
| 5 | After several moltings, the larva on bee milk and bee bread. | ||
| 6 | The larva stage place through the fourth to ninth day of its life cycle. | ||
| 7 | Spinning a cocoon around itself, the larva into a pupa. | ||
| 8 | The pupa stage the tenth to twenty-third day of the cycle. | ||
| 9 | The bee an adult during the sixteenth to twenty-fourth day. | ||
| 10 | The adult bee its way out of the cell to begin working in the hive. | ||
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