Verb Agreement

Which sentence is consistent in verb tense?

• She wakes up early and brushed her teeth.

• She woke up early and brushes her teeth.

• She wakes up early and brushes her teeth.

• She woke up early and brushing her teeth.

Identify the verb shift in this sentence: After the bell rings, the students ran to lunch.

• rings → rang

• ran → run

• bell → bells

• No shift exists.

Fix the inappropriate shift: He was reading a book, and then he decides to take a break.

• He was reading a book, and then he decides to take a break.

• He is reading a book, and then he decides to take a break.

• He reads a book, and then he decided to take a break.

• No revision needed.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• The team practices hard and won the championship.

• The team practiced hard and wins the championship.

• The team practiced hard and won the championship.

• The team practices hard and winning the championship.

Identify the correct revision for: The boy climbs the tree and fell down.

• The boy climbed the tree and falls down.

• The boy climbs the tree and falls down.

• The boy climbed the tree and fell down.

• No revision needed.

Yesterday, I work on my project and finish it.

• Yesterday, I worked on my project and finished it.

• Yesterday, I work on my project and finished it.

• Yesterday, I worked on my project and finish it.

• No revision needed.

Read the sentence. Guy Higgins a former student at the school gave a beautiful speech. Choose the correct way to set off the underlined part of the sentence.

• Guy Higgins, a former student at the school, gave a beautiful speech.

• Guy Higgins - a former student at the school gave a beautiful speech.

• Guy Higgins (a former student) at the school gave a beautiful speech.

• Guy Higgins a former student, at the school, gave a beautiful speech.

Choose the correct revision for this fragment: Although he loves pizza.

• Although he loves pizza, he prefers burgers.

• Although he loves pizza but he prefers burgers.

• Although he loves pizza. He prefers burgers.

• No revision needed.

Which is a run-on sentence?

• She likes to read, and she enjoys drawing.

• He went to the store he forgot his wallet.

• After we ate dinner, we played games.

• The dog barked, but no one was outside.

Choose the correct sentence:

• We were swimming in the pool when it starts to rain.

• We are swimming in the pool when it started to rain.

• We were swimming in the pool when it started to rain.

• We are swimming in the pool when it starts to rain.