Tenses
The tense that refers to the distant past.
What is the "past participle"?
True or false: "Talk" is an action verb.
What is true?
Choose the correct verb:
The members of the ski club (were, was) skiing at the camp.
What is "were"?
True or False:
A verb phrase can be made up of only 3 verbs.
What is "false"?
I would have liked to go to the circus.
Find the verb: Every weekend Susan dusts with her dusting brush.
What is "dusts"?
The past tense of "bring".
What is "brought"?
Name the linking verb:
She became very good at skating around the rink.
What is "became"?
Is "everything" a match for a singular or plural verb?
What is singular?
How many words are in the following verb phrase?
She would love to go with you to the mall.
What is 4?
"would love to go"
True or False: A collective noun matches with a plural verb.
What is "false"?
The group (it) "is" planning to sing tonight.
What is the tense of this sentence:
I might be able to go to sleep away camp this summer.
What is "future"?
Name the linking verb in the following sentence:
Her hair looks healthy because she brushes it every night.
What is "looks"?
Neither of the baseball players (want, wants) to play
What is "wants"?
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence.
He should have thought about his actions.
What is "should have thought"?
True of False: A regular verb is easy to identify because its spelling changes with each tense.
What is "false"?
Choose the correct tense:
She (lay, laid) on the couch for hours because her head was pounding.
What is "lay"?
Which of the two is an irregular verb:
"Think" or Talk"?
What is "Think"?
The box of straws (remain, remains) on the kitchen counter.
What is "remains"?
How many verbs are in the following sentence:
"I am going tonight, but I might be driving by myself."
What is 5?
am, going, might, be, driving
True or False:
Past participle tense and past tense are always a verb phrase.
What is "false"?
Choose the correct answer:
The mechanic (had laid, had lain) the the car's engine on the mat.
What is "had laid"?
Where is the action verb in the following sentence:
She had been playing Monopoly all day.
What is "playing"?
Mark, not his brothers, (was, were) guilty of breaking the car window.
What is "was"?
How many verb phrases are in the following:
She is eating her lunch while her friends are talking very loudly around her. She is trying to ignore them, but they are too loud.
What is "3"?
"is eating"/"are talking"/"is trying to ignore"
Choose the correct verb:
Either of the backpacks (belong, belongs) to me.
What is "belongs"?