Grammar 7 Lesson 15

Verb tenses

100

Write the present participle, past tense, and past participle for this verb: waive

Present participle: is waiving

Past tense: waived

Past participle: has waived

200

Write the present participle, past tense, and past participle of this verb: spot

Present participle: is spotting

Past tense: spotted

Past participle: has spotted

300

I ______ Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (future of critique)

shall critique

400

This story ________ back to Mark Twain's boyhood. (present of look)

looks

500

Mark Twain ________ to and for the common man. (present of speak)

speaks

Irregular verbs

100

I _______ now reading Aesop's "The Stag and His Antlers." (is, am, are)

am

200

The stag _______ admiring his own reflection in the water. (is, am, are)

is

300

They ______ such splendid antlers! (is, am, are)

are

400

______ you ever seen antlers so large and so elegant? (have, has)

have

500

_______ the hunters see the stag? (do, does)

do

Plural nouns

100

Write the plural of this noun: cargo

cargos

200

Write the plural of this noun: Ramirez

Ramirezes

300

Write the plural of this noun: wolf

wolves

400

Write the plural of this noun: steamboat

steamboats

Random

100

Diagram the simple subject and simple predicate of this sentence: They should have been wearing their raincoats.

they | should have been wearing

200

Diagram the simple subject and simple predicate of this sentence: Remember your umbrella.

(you) | remember

300

Write each noun from this sentence and tell whether it is masculine, feminine, indefinite, or neuter:

The protective red hen guarded her six chicks in the coop.

hen - feminine

chicks - indefinite

coop - neuter

400

Is this a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on sentence:

An entire float of crocodiles moved stealthily down the river I screamed.

run-on sentence

500

Write the entire verb phrase and underline the helping verbs:

In the end, however, the stag's long, thin legs will have carried him to safety.

will have carried

Vocabulary

100

A marble ________ of a national hero guards the park's entrance. (statue, stature, statute)

statue

200

Cacography is _________ handwriting or spelling. (proper, good, bad)

bad

300

Christina skated gracefully and __________ over the ice. (confidently, confidentially)

confidently