Past Tense Verbs
Decoding
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100
Give the past tense of the following verb... travel
What is traveled
100

I played a ______ in the school play.

  1. merchant 
  2. merckant 
  3. merghant
  4. mershant

merchant

100

How did Molly Hays become Molly Pitcher? 

She brought water to the hot and injured soldiers so they called for her. "Molly - Pitcher!"

100

How is a narrative nonfiction passage different from a scientific article?

It is structured as a story. 

100

What generalization can you make about Molly Pitcher?

She was brave and caring. 

200
Give the past tense of the following verb... Use
What is used
200

I like your brother, ______ I sometimes get angry at him.

  1. alchough
  2. alghough
  3. alshough
  4. although

4. although

200

How many British soldiers died of heatstroke? Use your book for exact detail!

56

200

What does the phrase commander in chief mean in the sentence from the passage below?

General George Washington was commander in chief of the
Continental Army.

What is a military leader?

200

What is a knapsack?

Something used to carry something


300
Give the past tense of the following verb... carry
What is carried
300

The captain ______ the boat, and we all went to shore.

  1. anchored
  2. anckored
  3. anghored
  4. anshored

1. anchored

300
Name three things the British soldiers wore to battle.
What is black fur hat, red coat of thick wool, wide shiny belt with a sharp sword, white waist coat, wollen pants and polished black boots
300

Based on the sentence from the passage below, what conclusion can the reader draw?

Winter at Valley Forge had been bitter cold, but June of 1778 in
New Jersey was hotter than anyone could remember.

The author skips several months in the narrative.

300

What is a ramrod?

A stick for pushing


400
Give the past tense of the following verb... injure
What is injured
400

We heard the students' ______ all the way down the hall.

  1. lauchter
  2. lauckter 
  3. laughter 
  4. lauphter 

3. laughter

400
Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis
What is who ordered the British retreat?
400

What conclusion can you draw about the rank of sergeant in the army?

It was a high honor and unusual for a woman to earn

400

What unusual thing did General Washington do for Molly Pitcher? What was so unusual about it?

General Washington made Molly Pitcher a sergeant in the army. This was unusual because no one present had ever heard of a woman being made a sergeant.

500
Give the past tense of the following verb... beg For extra credit spell it correctly
What is begged
500

My cousins were always involved in some sort of ______.

  1. mischief 
  2. misghief 
  3. misthief 
  4. mitchief 

1. mischief


500

What title did George Washington give Molly Pitcher?

Sergeant

500

What passage tells us that Molly risked her life when she brought the troops water?

  1. “She'd spotted a green and mossy place where a spring gushed up.”
  2. “Snow lay deep on the ground, and Washington's troops had run out
    of everything they needed to keep on fighting.”
  3. “Molly and other women who'd followed husbands, sons, fathers, and
    brothers to Valley Forge did whatever they could to help.”
  4. “She raced back to the battlefield, dodging cannon and musket fire,
    carrying her pitcher of water for any American soldier who
    needed a drink.

She raced back to the battlefield, dodging cannon and musket fire, carrying her pitcher of water for any American soldier who needed a drink.

500

Why did the soldiers ignore what Baron von Steuben had taught them about looking military at all times?

Answers will vary. 

The soldiers needed to keep cool. 

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