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Rules
Change the verbs to the past tense. (Add the ending -ed)
1. judge
2. argue
1. judged
2. argued
List the nouns in the following sentence:
The hungry dog ate everything.
dog
everything
Find the adjectives:
She eagerly answered twenty questions.
twenty
Choose the correct verb.
My uncle James has a speedy motorcycle. Sometimes he takes me for a ride on the weekends. I (has, have) to wear a helmet to be safe. My mom (said, says) that he needs to be careful or he will crash. It is so cool! I think my uncle is the best!
have, says
What tense is this paragraph in?
Choose the correct conjunction.
My mom thinks I am special, _____ I think she is right! I am awesome!
and
Change the verbs to the present tense. (Add the ending -ing)
1. drop
2. swim
3. run
1. dropping
2. swimming
3. running
What are the nouns in the following sentence?
Karter and Christian were doing their best jobs.
Karter, Christian, job
What's the difference between a common and proper noun?
Find the adjective(s).
They walked around a school building.
a, school
Choose the correct verb.
Beverleigh brings pictures to Aria's house. She (views, viewed) the interesting pictures. Aria (laughes or laughs) at Beverleigh's funny faces.
views, laughs
What is tense is the paragraph in?
What is missing?
At the park last night, my friend and I played basketball ____ all the other kids played baseball.
comma, but
Change to the past tense
1. hurry
2. worry
3. cry
(Add the ending –ed)
1. hurried
2. worried
3. cried
What are the nouns in the following sentence?
Sawyer, Gracin, and Lilli ate the yummy pizza for lunch.
Sawyer, Gracin, Lilli, pizza, lunch
What are the proper nouns?
Find the adjectives.
We looked out at five kids playing during the long recess.
five, the, long
Choose the correct verb.
Grandpa tells me interesting stories. Sometimes we (go, went, gone) fishing and (catches, catch, catched) lots of fish. We (had, have) a contest to see who catches the most fish. It is always fun to see who wins.
go, catch, have
What is tense is the paragraph in?
What is the best way to combine these sentences:
My mom loves chocolate. My mom hates Brussel sprouts.
My mom loves chocolate, but she hates Brussel sprouts.
Change the verb to the past tense
1. trap
2. rub
3. spot
(Add the ending -ed)
1. trapped
2. rubbed
3. spotted
What are the nouns?
Both Kinsler and Leevi walked down the noisy hall to find their bright classroom and their teacher.
Kinsler, Levi, hall, classroom, teacher
Find the adjectives.
Three scared students crept through a haunted house.
three, scared, a, haunted
Choose the correct verb.
A T-rex was one of the biggest dinosaurs that ate meat. It’s powerful jaws sometimes (snapped, snaps) through bones and meat. It (is, was) as long as a big truck and a little taller than a giraffe. It (weighs, weighed) as much as four cars. It’s arms were very short. They could not reach T-Rex’s mouth!
snapped, was, weighed
What tense is the paragraph in?
What is the best way to join these sentences?
Scott and Joy could go to the zoo.
They could shop at the mall.
Scott and Joy could go to the zoo, or they could shop at the mall.
Change the verb to the present tense
1. behave
2. excite
3. chase
(Add the ending -ing)
1. behaving
2. exciting
3. chasing
Find the nouns.
The quiet Ellie walked down the crowded hallway to find her three friends, but she heard a loud bang and turned to see the classroom door slam.
Allie, hallway, friends, bang, door
Find the adjectives.
The smiling Bayleigh worked quietly with her elbow partner on a difficult project.
the, smiling, elbow, a, difficult
Choose the correct verb.
Everyone (jumps, jumped) up and (cheers, cheered) when Johnny hit a homerun as the last batter. The fans (go, gone, went) wild and so did I! Our team had finally (won, winned.)
jumped, cheered, went, won
What is tense is the paragraph in?
What is the best way to combine these sentences:
The girl ate some cookies.
The dog licked her fingers.
A. The girl ate some cookies, the dog licked her fingers.
B. The girl ate some cookies, and the dog licked her fingers.
C. The girl ate some cookies, and licked her fingers.
B