Unit 9: Verbs Usage

Principal Parts

100

There are this many principal parts of verbs.

Four (Present, Present Participle, Past, Past Participle)

200

These two principal parts will always have a helping verb attached to them.

Present participle and past participle

300

This principal part always ends in "-ing"

Present participle

400

The past participle is formed using either of these helping verbs + a "-d/ed" ending (for regular verbs)

have or has

500

List the principal parts for the verb "lunge."

lunge, is lunging, lunged, has lunged

Verb Tense

100

There are this many verb tenses.

Six

200

List the 6 verb tenses

present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect

300

List the three regular tenses of the verb "point" using the pronoun "I"

point, pointed, will point

400

Complete the sentence: I _____ to the store yesterday before I ate dinner. (go, past)

went

500

List the three perfect tenses of the verb "plot" using the pronoun "we"

have plotted, had plotted, will have plotted

Commonly Confused Verbs

100

Bring or Take:

Find the car keys, and _______ them to your father. 

Take

200

This is the past participle of the verb bring.

Have/has brought

300

This is the present participle of the verb "raise."

Is raising

400

Sit or Set:  

I need to _____ my reading glasses on the desk. 

Set

500

Rise or Raise:

The air bubbles will always ________ to the top of the water. 

Rise

Commonly Confused Verbs

100

Lie or Lay: Choose the correct form:

She has ________ on her back with an ice pack for 30 minutes today. 

Lain

200

DAILY DOUBLE

Teach or Learn?  

It's your responsibility to ________ God's Word for yourself. 

Learn

300

This is the present participle of "lay"

(is) laying

400

This is the past participle of "raise"

have/has raised

500

These are the four principal parts of the verb "lie"

lie, is lying, lay, have/has lain

Complete the Sentence

100

Complete the sentence: The cat _____ onto the counter. (jump, future)

will jump

200

Complete the sentence: We _____ Crystal Bridges this year. (visit, past participle)

have visited

300

Complete the sentence: She _____ to him on the phone just last week. (talk, past)

talked

400

Complete the sentence: Mom and I ______ to a play tonight at the Walton Arts Center. (go, present participle)

are going

500

Complete the sentence: They _____ fourteen miles in the last two days. (run, past participle)

have run