Irregular Verbs
Simple Tenses
Perfect Tense
Using Verb Tenses
Troublesome Verbs
100
No one is sure when language (began, begun) in the human species.
What is began?
100
It is the simple verb tense in the sentence: The man next door IS SELLING his car.
What is present progressive?
100
It is the perfect tense of the verb: You HAVE SPOILED the dinner.
What is present perfect?
100
When Mark Twain (was growing, is growing) up, the United States was smaller than today.
What is was growing?
200
Robert can (speak, spoken) Spanish as well as English.
What is speak?
200
It is the simple verb tense in the sentence: From now on, he WILL USE public transportation.
What is future tense?
200
It is the perfect tense in the following sentence: Tom WILL HAVE DEPARTED before Brian's arrival.
What is future perfect?
200
There (were, have been) few good roads at that time.
What is were?
200
It means to put or place something.
What is lay?
300
Finally, the driver (brought, brung) the huge truck to a halt.
What is brought?
300
It is the simple tense in the following sentence: Last year, he WAS TRAVELING to work on the bus once a week.
What is past progressive?
300
It is the perfect tense in the following sentence: Many people HAD LEFT before the fireworks.
What is past perfect?
300
People long ago (prefer, preferred) to travel by boat than by horse or carriage.
What is prefer?
300
It means to be in a seat.
What is sit?
400
The dog jumped up on the counter and (ate, eaten) half of the birthday cake.
What is ate?
400
It is the simple tense in the following sentence: This year, he WILL BE TRAVELING by bus or walking every day.
What is future progressive?
400
It is the perfect tense in the following sentence: Janet HAS REFUSED any credit for the team's success.
What is present perfect?
400
Young Samuel Clemens (lived, will live) near the mighty Mississippi River back then.
What is lived?
400
It means to put or place something.
What is set?
500
Isaac Newton (did, done) major research in optics.
What is did?
500
It is the simple tense in the following sentence: He PLANS to save some money by doing so.
What is present?
500
It is the perfect tense in the sentence: By this evening, I WILL HAVE CLEANED the whole downstairs.
What is future perfect?
500
He often (watched, watches) boats as they floated past when he was young.
What is watched?
500
It means to move upward or to get up.
What is rise?
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