Past Tense Verb
noun/subject agreement
Inferences
Context Clues
Past Tense Verbs 2
100

look

looked

100

The players (is, are) going to the pizza restaurant after today's game

are

100

Alex hurt his leg. He and his mom went into an office. There were chairs around the walls. There were things to read on the table. Where were Alex and his Mom?

Doctor's office

100

Joanne's mother came up to school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.

Confiscated

take or seize (someone's property) with authority.

100

Wake

Woke

200

Race

Raced

200

Jane (were, was) going to go with the team but she has chores to do

was

200

The bike skidded out of control. It slammed against the sidewalk. The rider hit the ground hard. His pant leg was ripped. His knee was scraped and bleeding. He began to sniff. Why did the bike rider sniff?

He was starting to cry

200

Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate obediently followed the curfew her parents set.

Obediently

complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will.

200

eat

ate

300

Run

Ran

300

Stephen (is, are) one of the best players on the team

is

300

Leah's mother ices the cake. She puts eight candles on the cake. After she sets the cake on the table, everyone sings to her. The lit candles make her face glow. Leah blow out the candles and smiles. How old was Leah yesterday?

7

300

John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut

consumed

eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink)

300

speak

spoke

400

drive

drove

400
Alex (has, have)  two older brothers who play baseball as well

has

400

Same was half way in his dog house. He lifted his nose and sniffed the still air. The sky was changing from deep blue to yellow. Down the street a rooster crowed. Sam yawned, got up and stretched his long black legs. When is this happening?

dawn

400

After the bird escaped, Christ tried to coax it back into the cage with treats.

Coax

gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something.

400

keep

kept

500

go

went

500

Where (do, does) your parents live?

do

500

Four girls walked into the kitchen. On the table was a bowl of fruit with a pear, an orange, an apple, and a banana. Sue took the apple. Jan took the pear, and Ann took the orange. Amy frowned at the banana. Why did Amy frown?

she doesn't like bananas

500

Dad had no need for the broke air conditioner, so he discarded it on the corner by the trash.

discarded 

get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

500

give

gave