Subject/Verb Agreement & Tense Shift

Multiple Choice

Sally hit/hits 20 practice pitches at the end of each practice.

• hit

• hits

Multiple Select

When frogs leap/leaps across the street, cars swerve/swerves to avoid them.

• leap

• leaps

• swerve

• swerves

Multiple Choice

Dogs play/plays really well at the dog park.

• play

• plays

Multiple Select

I smiles as the end of the school bell ring every day.

• smiles

• smile

• ring

• rings

Multiple Select

Jeff frown whenever his son miss the bus in the morning.

• frown

• frowns

• miss

• misses

Multiple Select

A lot of people thinks that the STAAR test is terrible, but this morning I feels like it's going to go really well.

• thinks

• think

• feels

• feel

Multiple Select

Many thinks that it will rain tomorrow, but someone in the hallway says that the weather forecast is wrong and it will be sunny this weekend.

• thinks

• think

• says

• said

Multiple Choice

The park, with the most campsites, are Garner State Park.

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

The keyboard, along with all the QWERTY keys, were patented in 1868.

• were

• was

Multiple Choice

Spanish, in addition too French and Chinese, are offered at the high school.

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

My cousins and I is going to go to Sea World this June.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The dog and the neighborhood cats hates each other with a passion.

• hates

• hate

Multiple Choice

Neither Milky Way nor any of the types of M&M's is made with vegan ingredients yet.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

I am hopeful that it don't rain this weekend as I have a golf tournament on Saturday.

• don't

• doesn't

Multiple Select

I'm sad because my mom ain't going to be in town for my birthday.

• ain't

• isn't

Multiple Choice

The basketball coaches are not worried about next Friday's game. Our school haven't lost a game to Magnolia in the last five years.

• haven't

• hasn't

Fill in the Blank

Sara woke up to the sound of her sister’s voice. Sunlight streamed in, lighting up her posters of Taylor Swift performs at Madison Garden and Shaun White flew upside down on his snowboard at the X-Games. Someday Sara wanted to be just like them. She loved the way they are being so strong, so fierce, and proud. Her life seemed so ordinary though–lived on a quiet street in a quiet town. So boring, so dull, so ugh. Would things ever change?

VERB TENSE SHIFTS - INFORMATIONAL

When writing informational texts, verb tense shifts to match changes in time.
Make sure to think about time when choosing the tense of your verbs.

Example:
● The telephone was invented in 1875. Almost 100 years later, in 1990, the first

cell phone was made. Today, almost everyone you know takes having a personal
cell phone for granted and can’t imagine living without it.

Sentences for practice:
Bulldogs coming from a rather stunning history. They are bred for the sport bull-baiting.
Though it is now difficult to imagine, in the 1600 and 1700s in England, people consider it
great entertainment. They would bet on which dog would grabs a bull by the nose and push
the bull to the ground. Many dogs would dying or became seriously hurt at these events
because they are stomped on or trampled, or pokes by the bulls. Finally, this sport became
illegal in 1853 (Gray, 1976. p. 24). Few other dog breeds has such brutality in their history.

Fill in the Blank

Bulldogs coming from a rather stunning history. They are bred for the sport bull-baiting. Though it is now difficult to imagine, in the 1600 and 1700s in England, people consider it great entertainment. They would bet on which dog would grabs a bull by the nose and push the bull to the ground. Many dogs would dying or became seriously hurt at these events because they are stomped on or trampled, or poked by the bulls. Finally, this sport became illegal in 1853 (Gray, 1976. p. 24). Few other dog breeds has such brutality in their history.