Verb Tenses and Agreement Exercises

This video tutorial covers the creation of grammatically correct sentences, focusing on tense consistency and subject-verb agreement. It provides examples and exercises to help learners understand how to maintain consistent tenses and ensure subjects and verbs agree in number. The video also includes practice questions and exercises to reinforce these concepts.

What is the primary focus of creating grammatically correct sentences?

• Using complex vocabulary

• Ensuring tense consistency

• Writing long sentences

• Avoiding punctuation

Which sentence demonstrates consistent tense usage?

• The cat jumped and the dog barks.

• The cat jumps and the dog barks.

• The cat jumped and the dog barked.

• The cat jumps and the dog barked.

What does the adverbial phrase 'next month' suggest about the tense?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Future tense

• Past perfect tense

Which of the following sentences has correct subject-verb agreement?

• The team are winning the match.

• The teams is winning the match.

• The team is winning the match.

• The teams are winning the match.

Identify the grammatically correct sentence.

• Tomorrow I had decided to play the lottery.

• Next week I won the lottery.

• Yesterday I bought a lottery ticket.

• I is feeling very excited.

Which verb form correctly completes the sentence: 'Sean was ___ through the market'?

• walk

• walks

• walking

• walked

Choose the correct verb form: 'The apples ___ 36 pence each.'

• cost

• costing

• costs

• costed

Rewrite the sentence to correct the verb form: 'Last week, Sophia swimming.'

• Last week, Sophia swam.

• Last week, Sophia swims.

• Last week, Sophia is swimming.

• Last week, Sophia swim.

What is the correct past tense form of 'to learn'?

• learns

• learned

• learning

• learn