Which sentence does not have an action verb?
A. A chicken hatches from the egg.
B. The parents protect the chick from predators.
C. The chick is dependent on its parents.
D. Downy feathers cover the chick.
C. is--links chick to adjective-dependent
100
Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb agreement?
A. No one ever watch the clock in our class.
B. He fly to New Mexico tomorrow.
C. The races ends at Menge Ave.
D. Advertisements sometimes persuade people to buy things they don’t need.
What is D. Advertisements persuade
100
Which sentence uses a helping verb and a main verb?
A. Some schools have classes that last 2 hours each.
B. DES has many students.
C. Schools have studied the different types of discipline.
D. DES is our school.
What is C. have studied
100
Which sentence contains a present tense irregular verb?
A. The cheetah follows the target.
B. The cheetah strikes the impala with a forepaw.
C. It knocks her prey off its feet.
D. It clamps the impala’s throat in her jaws.
What is B. strikes--struck
100
Which of the following words is not a present tense verb?
A. march
B. compete
C. have
D. stand
What is C. have is linking or helping
200
Which sentence does not use a linking verb?
A. The soup tastes funny.
B. The plane landed by our house.
C. The sky became dark as the weather grew worse.
D. My bike is larger than yours.
What is B. landed shows action
200
Which sentence is not written correctly?
A. My friends and I play ball on Saturdays.
B. Santos always sleeps late on the weekend.
C. I travels every chance I get.
D. Ms. Pavolini went on a vacation with her family.
What is C. travels should be travel
200
Which sentence uses a helping (auxiliary) verb?
A. She is extremely hyper!
B. The team is anxious to play.
C. We are tired of losing.
D. Our team will win tonight.
What is D. will win
200
Which sentence does not contain a past tense irregular verb?
A. Manufacturers built toys more than 100 years ago.
B. Children used over two million blocks on just one Lego design.
C. It took 2 months to finish the creation.
D. They knew it would be impressive.
What is B. used
200
Which sentence does not use a past tense verb?
A. The monkey walked on all fours through the jungle.
B. Then it climbed a tree to rest and eat.
C. Monkeys are usually quiet animals.
D. The monkey called softly.
What is C. are is linking
300
Which of the following words is not a present tense action verb?
A. march
B. compete
C. have
D. stand
What is C. have
300
Which uses correct subject/verb agreement?
A. We always takes pictures for our Christmas cards.
B. She make her own decorations for the tree.
C. Each of the girls looks for the lost ornament.
D. The flock of birds fly over head.
What is C. Each looks for the ornament.
300
What helping verb does the present perfect tense use?
What is has or have plus a past tense verb
300
Which verb is irregular?
A. sing
B. play
C. use
D. paint
What is A. sing, sang, sung
300
Which sentence contains a present tense verb?
A. The hunter follows the target.
B. The hunter shot the target.
C. It knocked the target over.
D. The hunter celebrated the victory.
What is A. follows
400
Which word is an action verb in the following sentence?
Many birds build nests of sticks.
A. birds
B. build
C. nests
D. sticks
What is B. build
400
Which does not have subject/verb agreement?
A. Everyone greets the family there.
B. They enjoy their stop in the Ozark Mountains.
C. They will remembers it forever!
D. This season excites both mother and daughter.
What is C. will remembers
400
What helping and main verb does the past progressive tense use?
What is was or were plus an -ing verb
400
Give the past tense and past participle of the verb "know"
What is knew and has/have known
400
Which sentence does not contain a past tense verb?
A. Fire ants built ant beds more than 4,500 years ago.
B. Worker ants used over two million pieces of sand on just one bed.
C. It takes 20 days to finish one ant bed.
D. They knew it would be impressive.
What is C. takes
500
Which verb-plays, played, will play-belongs in the following sentence?
Emmy _____________________________ on the school soccer team next year.
What is "will play" --next year is in the future.
500
How do you tell a singular verb from a plural verb?
Singular verbs end in -s; plural verbs do not
500
What tense uses am, is, or are plus an -ing verb?
What is present progressive?
500
Which sentence does not contain an irregular verb?
A. I sing in the shower every morning.
B. The construction company builds many large buildings.
C. I know all the answers to this game.
D. You learn while playing this game.
What is D. learn
500
The flowers will bloom in the spring.
Which verb tense was used in the sentence?
A. present tense B. past tense C. future tense D. present perfect tense