Action Present Tense and Past Tense Verbs

Which word in the sentence is an action verb?

Tina fell off her bike near the park yesterday.

• near

• park

• fell

• Tina

Which word in the sentence is an action verb?

The wind almost knocked over the trees during the storm.

• during

• knocked

• trees

• wind

Identify the verb tense used in the following sentence:

I will measure the milk before I add it to the cake batter.

• past

• present

• future

Identify the verb tense used in the following sentence:

We observed the life cycle of a tadpole in science last month.

• past

• present

• future

Identify the verb tense used in the following sentence:

Carrie greets everyone at the door as they arrive.

• past

• present

• future

When the action happens now, it is in the ____________ tense.

• past

• present

• future

One way to make a verb past tense is to add ______ to the end.

• ed

• ing

• s

• ies

An irregular verb becomes past tense by changing its spelling. Which word is the correct past tense of the verb rings?

• ringing

• ringed

• rang

An irregular verb becomes past tense by changing its spelling. Which word is the correct past tense of the verb swims?

• swims

• swimming

• swimed

• swam

Helping verbs are verbs that help the main verb express tenses. Which word(s) is a helping verb in the following sentence:

We may be going to the beach.

• may be

• going

• to