What is the PAST TENSE of the VERB
CRY?
(Answer in a complete sentence)
The past tense of the verb CRY is CRIED.
Provide the PAST PERFECT form of the verb BOIL.
VERB: BOIL
PAST PERFECT FORM: HAD BOILED
The word TENSE comes from the Latin word tempus which means “_________”
tempus means "TIME"
(SAY) I __________ nothing until she had finished talking.
What is the tense of the verb HAD FINISHED?
(ANSWER IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE)
I said nothing until she had finished talking.
The tense of the verb HAD FINISHED is PAST PERFECT TENSE.
I __________ (had finished, have finished, finished) my assignment before my Mom __________ (arrived, had arrived)
I had finished my assignment before my Mom arrived.
What is the PAST TENSE of the verb EAT?
(Answer in a complete sentence)
The PAST TENSE of the verb EAT is ATE.
Provide the PAST PERFECT form of the verb CONFESS
VERB: CONFESS
PAST PERFECT FORM: HAD CONFESSED
____________ is used to express an action that began and ended in the past.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
(KNOW) 1. Before I __________ it the baby had run to the gate.
What TIME EXPRESSION is being used in the sentence?
1. Before I knew it, the baby had run to the gate.
The time expression being used in the sentence is BEFORE.
Grandma __________ (asked, had asked) us to sleep after we __________(brushed, had brushed) our teeth.
Grandma asked us to sleep after we had brushed our teeth.
What is the PAST TENSE of the verb FREEZE?
(ANSWER IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE)
The PAST TENSE of the verb FREEZE is FROZE.
Provide the PAST PERFECT form of the verb FORGET
VERB: FORGET
PAST PERFECT FORM: HAD FORGOTTEN
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE FORM
The ______________ of the VERB
usually narrates two past actions or events. A sentence that uses the past perfect tense provides two actions in the past wherein the first past action or condition is completed ahead of another past action.
PAST PERFECT TENSE
(MOP) 3. I __________ the floor after the carpenter had repaired it.
What time expression is being used?
3. I mopped the floor after the carpenter had repaired it.
The time expression being used in the sentence is the word after.
As soon as our Aunt __________ (offered, had offered) us chocolates, Mom __________ (hid, hide, had hidden) them in a jar.
As soon as our Aunt had offered us chocolates, Mom hid them in a jar.
What is the PAST TENSE of the verb FLING?
(Answer in a complete sentence)
The PAST TENSE of the verb FLING is FLUNG.
Provide the PAST PERFECT form of the verb BECOME
VERB: BECOME
PAST PERFECT FORM: HAD BECOME
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE FORM
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF PAST PERFECT TENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS, EXCEPT;
AFTER
AS SOON AS
WHEN
UNTIL
WHEN
Because WHEN is the TIME EXPRESSION for SIMPLE PAST TENSE
(GET)) 4. By the time Jules __________ to my birthday celebration, everyone had gone home.
What time expression is being used in the sentence?
4. By the time Jules got to my birthday celebration, everyone had gone home.
The time expression being used in the sentence is "By the time".
The students __________ (prepared, had prepared) the visuals for the report before the teacher (comed, came, had come).
The students had prepared the visuals for the report before the teacher came.
What is the PAST TENSE of the verb SEE?
(ANSWER IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE)
The PAST TENSE of the verb SEE is SOUGHT.
Provide the PAST PERFECT form of the verb GO
VERB: GO
PAST PERFECT FORM: HAD GONE
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE TIME EXPRESSIONS, EXCEPT;
BEFORE
AS SOON AS
WHEN
BY THE TIME
AS SOON AS
is the time expression of the PAST PERFECT tense of the verb.
(PLANT) 5. The boy __________ the seeds when Floren called him.
5. The boy had planted the seeds when Floren called him.
When his father __________ (returned, had returned) home from Saudi Arabia, they __________ (already saved, had already saved) enough money for their future.
When his father returned home from Saudi Arabia, they had already saved enough money for their future.