Progressive Verbs
Write a sentence using the present progressive tense to show an action happening now with the verb "run."
*answers may vary*
Choose the correct homophone: "I have ___ (to / too / two) apples."
What is two? I have two apples.
Label the tense: "He will jump over the puddle." (past, present, or future?)
Future. ("He will jump..." = future tense)
Correct the sentence: "its a sunny day."
Corrected sentence: "It's a sunny day." (It's = it is)
Choose the correct form: "Is that (their / there / they're) pencil?"
Correct: "Is that their pencil?"
Identify the progressive tense in this sentence: "She was singing a song." Which progressive (past/present/future) is it?
What is past progressive?
Choose the correct homophone: "___ (There / They're / Their) going to the park after school."
What is "they're"? They're going to the park after school.
Put this sentence into the future tense: "She writes a letter."
Correct future tense: "She will write a letter."
Fix this sentence to show correct homophone and capitalization: "theyre going to miss the bus."
"They're going to miss the bus." (They're = they are; capitalization of first word)
Choose the correct form: "She (is / are) going to the store."
Correct: "She is going to the store."
Change this present progressive sentence to past progressive: "They are building a fort."
They were building a fort.
Fill in the blank with its or it's: "___ time for recess."
What is it's? It's time for recess. (contraction of it is)
Identify the verb type (action, helping, or linking) in: "The soup tastes good."
Identification: Linking verb. ("tastes" links the subject "The soup" to the adjective "good")
Identify and correct the run-on or fragment if needed: "Because we practiced hard we won the game."
The original sentence is acceptable as a complex sentence, but it needs a comma after the subordinate clause: "Because we practiced hard, we won the game."
Change the sentence to use the correct contracted form: "It is time to leave." (use the contraction)
Contraction form: "It's time to leave." (Contraction: It's)
Provide the future progressive form of the verb phrase "to read" for the subject "I." Use it in a short sentence.
"I will be reading."
Identify the correct homophone in this sentence and correct it if needed: "Their going to finish there homework before dinner."
"They're going to finish their homework before dinner." (Change "Their" → "They're"; change "there" → "their" → final: "They're going to finish their homework before dinner.")
Combine correct helping verb and main verb to make the present perfect: "They (finish) their test."
Present perfect: "They have finished their test." (helping verb "have" + past participle "finished")
Rewrite this sentence to use the correct verb tense and progressive form: "Right now, he play the piano."
"Right now, he is playing the piano." (Use present progressive: is + playing)
Provide the correct possessive form for this sentence: "The dog wagged ___ tail."
Correct possessive: "The dog wagged its tail." ("its" = possessive)
Explain how progressive tenses show time differently than simple tenses, and write one sentence that uses the past progressive and another that uses the past simple of the same verb (use "play").
Progressive tenses show actions in progress (they emphasize the ongoing nature of an action) while simple tenses state actions as complete or habitual.
Past progressive sentence: "They were playing soccer."
Past simple sentence: "They played soccer."
Write a short paragraph (2–3 sentences) that correctly uses all three: to, too, and two.
Example: "I am going to the store, and my sister is coming too. We will buy two loaves of bread. We are going to share them on the way home."
(Paragraph uses to, too, two correctly.)
Rewrite the paragraph below so all verbs agree in tense (keep meaning): "Yesterday I walk to the store. I buy a snack, and then I eat it while I will wait for the bus."
"Yesterday I walked to the store. I bought a snack, and then I ate it while I waited for the bus." (Notes: walk → walked; buy → bought; eat → ate; will wait → waited)
Edit this sentence for correct pronoun and verb agreement: "Everyone brought their backpack and were ready."
"Everyone brought his or her backpack and was ready."
Create a 4-sentence mini-story that correctly uses: its, it's, there, they're, their, to, too, two, and at least one progressive tense. (Underline or bold each target word when you check—students should just write the story.)
*answers may vary*
Example:
"It's raining, so the cat is hiding under its porch. There are two birds on the fence, and they're singing loudly. Their owner said the birds are too noisy to nap."