Verb Tense Mini-Lesson

My dad climbs out of the boat while everyone stood there and held their breath.

• Change dad to Dad

• Change climbs to climbed

• Change their to they’re

• Change breath to breathe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My parents have became more tolerant than their parents were when they were young.

• Change tolerant to tallerant

• Change their to there

• Change became to become

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What change should be made?

The pilot had flew several mission during the war, but he had never crashed.

• Change had flew to flies

• Change flew to flown

• Change pilot to Pilot

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My dog barked at anything including when the mailman arrives or the doorbell rings.

• Change mailman to Mailman

• Change arrives to arrived

• Change barked to barks

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When Mom had begun to talk, I stopped listening; boy, was she mad!

• Change begun to began

• Change Mom to mom

• Delete the comma after talk

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A