Past Tense of
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
What is the past tense of the verb "go"?
Add an apostrophe to show possession: (singular)
The monkeys banana was yellow.
The monkey's banana was yellow.
Identify the pronoun and if it is being used as a subjective, objective, possesive, reflexive
I am reading The Hobbit for my book club.
I
subjective
Complete each sentence with an appropriate coordinating conjunction:
The cake was delicious ______ expensive.
but
Identify prepositional phrase
The cat hid behind the large couch.
behind the large couch
The puppy _______ chewed my homework this morning.
a) has
b) have
c) had
has
(because puppy is singular/third person)
Add commas and fix this compound sentence:
I wanted to go outside but my homework wasn't finished.
I wanted to go outside, but my homework wasn't finished.
Mom gave the cookies to ______. (objective)
us
We can watch TV _______ play games.
or
Identify prepositional phrase
The birds flew across the blue sky.
across the blue sky
What is the past tense of the verb "swim"?
swam
Fix the punctuation in this dialogue:
can I borrow your pencil asked Tom I lost mine
"Can I borrow your pencil?" asked Tom. "I lost mine."
The dog chased ______ tail. (possessive)
its
John likes baseball _______ Sarah prefers soccer.
and
Identify prepositional phrase
Sarah walked through the busy mall.
through the busy mall
I (has, have, had) done my chores yesterday.
"had" because of "yesterday"
Apostrophies (') in Possessive (Plural owners)
Edit : The childrens playground is fun.
The children's playground is fun.
Is this Tom's pencil? (Replace with possessive pronoun)
Is this his pencil?
Combine these sentence pairs using appropriate coordinating conjunctions:
I love ice cream. I don't like chocolate.
I love ice cream, but I don't like chocolate.
Identify prepositional phrase
The cookies are in the glass jar.
in the glass jar
Jack and Jill (has / have) never seen snow before.
have
(because Jack and Jill is plural)
Fix all punctuation in this sentence:
sarah said I love reading and writing but math is my favorite subject
Sarah said, "I love reading and writing, but math is my favorite subject."
The students helped ______ with the project. (reflexive)
themselves
Combine these sentence pairs using appropriate coordinating conjunctions:
We can go swimming. We can go hiking.
We can go swimming, or we can go hiking.
Identify prepositional phrase
We played games during recess.
during recess