Verb Tenses
What tense is this verb in?
I will go to the market tomorrow.
Future tense
What is the contraction for this word pair:
we have
we've
Is this an action verb or state of being verb?
Jack ate the bananas for breakfast.
action
What helping verb always comes before a past participle?
had
What is a verb?
Shows action or state of being.
Choose the correct form of the verb.
(To eat) Last night, I _________ dinner with my family.
ate
Write a sentence with at least 3 contractions.
Various answers
Transitive or intransitive?
Melissa is beautiful.
Intransitive
Choose the correct verb in these sentences:
1) She had (lain, laid) her book on the table.
2) I had (set, sat) there all day.
3) The wizard had (cast, casten) his spell on Harry.
1) laid
2) sat
3) cast
What is Felicity's favorite toy to play with?
What is Ms. Belcher's favorite color?
Pig
blue
What is this verb in past, present (singular and plural), future, and past participle: (to write)
past- wrote
present- writes/write
future- will write
past participle- had written
Give the word pairs for these contractions:
you've
she'll
we're
isn't
you have
she will
we are
is not
What are the definitions of transitive and intransitive verbs?
Transitive- has a direct object
Intransitive- no direct object
Write a sentence with at least 2 past participles in it.
Various answers.
Find the predicate adjectives in these sentences.
Felicity is cute.
She ate spaghetti because she was hungry.
Maxwell is super smart.
cute
hungry
smart
Fill in these sentences:
1. I (to sing) _____ in the choir currently.
2. He (to sing) _______ in the choir right now.
3. We (to sing) _______ in the choir tomorrow.
4. They (to sing) ______ in the choir last night.
1. sing
2. sings
3. will sing
4. sang
Choose the right contractions:
(It's, its) going to be a beautiful day.
My dog is over (Their, they're, there) in the park.
(Your, you're) gingerbread house is so beautiful.
It's
there
Your
What is a linking verb? How can we figure out if it is a linking verb or an action verb?
linking verb connects a verb to an adjective or another noun describing the subject
replace with a to be verb
Write the correct past participles for these infinitives.
1. To drive
2. To sing
3. To write
4. To hear
1. had driven
2. had sung
3. had written
4. had heard
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
In the morning at school, I read the book regarding Chiweenies after breakfast and before I went into the next class.
6
Choose the correct verb tenses for the following sentences:
I will (eat, ate) spaghetti with syrup.
I had (swam, swum) in the meet before.
He (loves, loved) the movie from last night so much.
eat
swum
loved
Write three sentences using the tricky contractions! You must include all contractions in each sentence.
Sentence 1: their, there, they're
Sentence 2: your, you're
Sentence 3: it's, its
Various answers
Give all the labels of this verb (transitive, intransitive, action, linking, main verb, helping verb, etc.)
My mom drives her car to the store.
transitive, action, main
Give me the past participles for to lay and to lie.
had laid
had lain
List the 23 helping verbs.
do, does, did, has, have, had, may, might, must, can, shall, will, could should, would, is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been