Shifts in Verb Tense

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase.

Margaret was setting the table when the doorbell ringing.

• rings

• rang

• will ring

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

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Whenever I look at a bright light, I _____________.

• sneezed

• sneeze

• had sneezed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.4.3A

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The baby has not taken a nap so she was very cranky.

• is

• are

• were

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

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Carmen ran across the room and _________ her toe on the leg of the coffee table.

• stub

• stubbed

• will have stubbed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

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The game will have ended by the time the rain begins.

• began

• begin

• had begun

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

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The actor kept on performing as if he hadn't _________ a mistake.

• makes

• make

• made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.4.4A

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase.

The trainer yells out a command, and the dog rolled over.

• had rolled

• rolls

• will have rolled

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

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While I play the drums, Janice ________ and strums her guitar.

• sang

• sung

• sings

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase.

By the time you wake up, I ate breakfast.

• had eaten

• was eating

• will be eating

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence.

Fabian cannot play games on his iPad until he ____________ his chores.

• finishes

• finished

• will finish

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A