Identifying Verbs and Tenses

Which sentence contains an irregular past tense verb?

• The dog barked at the mailman

• She ran to catch the bus

• We walked to school yesterday

• They painted the fence last week

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Identify the correct simple past form.

• She ated a lot of food.

• She ate a lot of food.

• She had eaten a lot of food.

• she was eating a lot of food.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Which group contains only regular past tense verbs?

• taught, brought, caught

• jumped, played, walked

• ran, sang, wrote

• eat, drink, think

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

In the sentence "She believed in magic," the verb "believed" is a:

• action verb-regular

• stative verb-irregular

• irregular past tense verb-action

• stative verb-regular

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Many people (believe) ____________ that basketball players must be tall. This is untrue at all.

• believed

• believe

• are believing

• doesn't believe

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the sentence with a stative verb in the past tense:

• They danced all night

• He preferred chocolate ice cream

• We jumped over the fence

• She wrote a letter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

I was eating dinner when Saad ( call) ____________ me.

• call

• was calling

• called

• will call

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Choose the correct forms.

• The flowers smell nice.

• The flowers are smelling nice.

• Mona smells the flowers in her garden every day.

• The flowers smelt nice.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Choose the sentence with the irregular past tense verb:

• They cleaned the house

• We cooked dinner

• She wore a red dress

• He played basketball

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

In 1982, a huge war (happen) ___________ Korea.

• happened

• happenned

• was happening

• happen

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E