Grammar Quiz: Irregular Verbs and Helping Verbs

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

Logan wrote about what he wants to be when he grows up. Read Logan’s paper and look for any changes he should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

A Visit to the Vet

(1)I love animals and want to be a veterinarian, or vet, when I grow up. (2)The last time we took our dog for a checkup, I mentioned this to the vet. (3)Sheinvited me to stay for a while to learn about her job. (4)My dad said it were okay, so I stayed! (5)The first animal we visited was a puppy. (6)I watched the vet give him an examination. (7)The dog needed medicine, and the doctor suggested that the owners mix it in with the puppy’s food. (8)I said that we had done that with my dog once, but it didn’t work. (9)She spotted the pill in her bowl and ate around it! (10)Then I said that we tried putting the medicine in a small meatball, and it worked! (11)The vet said that was a clever idea. (12)She telled me I will make a good animal doctor one day.

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change were to am.

• Change were to are.

• Change were to was.

• No change is needed.

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

Logan wrote about what he wants to be when he grows up. Read Logan’s paper and look for any changes he should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

A Visit to the Vet

(1)I love animals and want to be a veterinarian, or vet, when I grow up. (2)The last time we took our dog for a checkup, I mentioned this to the vet. (3)She

invited me to stay for a while to learn about her job. (4)My dad said it were okay, so I stayed!(5)The first animal we visited was a puppy. (6)I watched the vet give him an examination. (7)The dog needed medicine, and the doctor suggested that the owners mix it in with the puppy’s food. (8)I said that we had done that with my dog once, but it didn’t work. (9)She spotted the pill in her bowl and ate around it! (10)Then I said that we tried putting the medicine in a small meatball, and it worked! (11)The vet said that was a clever idea. (12)She telled me I will make a good animal doctor one day.

What change should be made in sentence 8?

• Change had done to had did.

• Change had done to have did.

• Change had done to have doing.

• No change is needed.

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

Logan wrote about what he wants to be when he grows up. Read Logan’s paper and look for any changes he should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

A Visit to the Vet

(1)I love animals and want to be a veterinarian, or vet, when I grow up. (2)The last time we took our dog for a checkup, I mentioned this to the vet. (3)She

invited me to stay for a while to learn about her job. (4)My dad said it were okay, so I stayed!(5)The first animal we visited was a puppy. (6)I watched the vet give him an examination. (7)The dog needed medicine, and the doctor suggested that the owners mix it in with the puppy’s food. (8)I said that we had done that with my dog once, but it didn’t work. (9)She spotted the pill in her bowl and ate around it! (10)Then I said that we tried putting the medicine in a small meatball, and it worked! (11)The vet said that was a clever idea. (12)She telled me I will make a good animal doctor one day.

What change should be made in sentence 12?

• Change telled to told.

• Change telled to tolded.

• Change telled to did told.

• No change is needed.

Choose the sentence with the correct helping verb:

• They am playing in the park.

• They is playing in the park.

• They are playing in the park.

• They be playing in the park.

Which sentence has the correct form of the helping verb?

• They was playing soccer.

• They are playing soccer.

• They be playing soccer.

• They playing soccer.

In which sentence is the verb "to be" used correctly?

• The cat are sleeping on the bed.

• The cat am sleeping on the bed.

• The cat is sleeping on the bed.

• The cat be sleeping on the bed.

Which sentence uses an irregular verb correctly?

• Yesterday, she run to the store.

• Yesterday, she runs to the store.

• Yesterday, she ran to the store.

• Yesterday, she running to the store.

Choose the sentence with the correct irregular verb:

• They has swam in the lake.

• They swim in the lake.

• They swimming in the lake.

• They have swum in the lake.

Which sentence has the correct form of the irregular verb?

• I have took my dog for a walk.

• I take my dog for a walk.

• I taken my dog for a walk.

• I have taken my dog for a walk.

In which sentence is the irregular verb used correctly?

• The sun is shined brightly in the sky.

• The sun shining brightly in the sky.

• The sun shine brightly in the sky.

• The sun shone brightly in the sky.