Voice Switcheroo!
Identify That Tense!
Find the _______
What Kind of Pronoun Is THAT?!?
What's That Word?
100
The aliens activated the death ray.
The death ray was activated by the aliens.
100
The brick FLEW suddenly through the window, and she felt vindicated.l
Simple past
100
Find the DETERMINERS in the sentence below. He found his wallet in a pile of laundry at the foot of the woman's bed.
He found HIS wallet in A pile of laundry at THE foot of THE WOMAN'S bed.
100
THOSE are the kind of decisions that you regret later.
Demonstrative
100
Carl tries not to get caught UP in all of the drama but can't resist adding in his two cents.
particle
200
The evidence painted a damning picture of guilt.
A damning picture of guilt was painted by the evidence.
200
The octopus WAS WIGGLING its tentacles in glee.
Past progressive
200
Find the PARTICLES in the following sentence: The child insolently told his father to shut up and pull himself together.
The child insolently told his father to shut UP and pull himself TOGETHER.
200
ANYTHING would have to be better than this.
Indefinite
200
The end is NEAR, so remember to wear clean socks.
Adjective
300
In the end, the exact details of his demise would never be known.
in the end, no one would ever know the exact details of his demise.
300
The squirrel HAD BEEN THINKING about getting a cup of coffee but determined that it had already imbibed too much caffeine.
Past perfect progressive
300
Find the ADVERBS in the sentence below: Often, squirrels mistakenly think acorns are tiny bombs.
OFTEN, squirrels MISTAKENLY think acorns are tiny bombs.
300
The monster ITSELF explained that it no longer ate cheese for breakfast.
Intensive
300
The bubble drifted very FAST until it suddenly popped.
Adverb
400
In spite of the rain, the officials demanded a rematch before they would serve the players' snack.
In spite of the rain, a rematch was demanded by the officials before the players' snack would be served.
400
I HAD WONDERED when the source of the stench would be discovered.
Past perfect
400
Find the PREPOSITIONS in the following sentence: After thinking it over, the gargoyle decided it was time to climb down from his ledge and head off into the sunset.
AFTER thinking it over, the gargoyle decided it was time to climb DOWN from his ledge and head off INTO the sunset.
400
After great consideration, Sandra decided to keep the pearl earrings for HERSELF but to donate the bracelet to charity.
Reflexive
400
The pie was EXTRAORDINARILY hot when he took a bite of it, causing a terrible burn on his tongue.
QUANTIFIER
500
The dinosaurs were deemed extinct, but no one knew about Edna.
The scientists deemed the dinosaurs extinct, but Edna was unknown to them.
500
Jeremy has been locked in the study all day, and I do not know what he HAS BEEN PLOTTING in there.
Present perfect progressive
500
Find the pronouns that are being used as NOUN SUBSTITUTES in the following sentence: He always claimed that throwing a shoe at the bat was my bad idea, but in truth, it was his.
HE always claimed that throwing a shoe at the bat was my bad idea, but in truth, IT was HIS.
500
The two turtles gazed lovingly into EACH OTHER's eyes.
Reciprocal
500
The alien protested that he WOULD have knocked first, but he HAD TO enter immediately because he was GOING TO be late and desperately needed the slippers in the bathroom.
modal auxiliaries (or one modal auxiliary and two modal semi-auxiliaries, to be precise)
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