Tense Detectives
Identify the tense of the verb in this sentence:
“Maria walks to school every day.”
Present Tense
BONUS FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS:
CHANGE THE ENTIRE SENTENCE TO PAST TENSE
Fix the verb error:
“She go to the store every Saturday.”
Answer: “She goes to the store every Saturday.”
Choose the correct helping verb:
“She ___ finished her assignment before class started.”
A) has
B) have
Answer: has
Choose the correct verb:
“The dog ___ loudly at night.”
A) barks
B) bark
C) barking
Answer: barks
Fix the verb error:
“The dog barks and will be chasing the cat everyday.”
Answer: The dog barks and chases the cat everyday.
Identify the tense of the verb in this sentence:
“The carpenter built a tree house for his sons.”
Past Tense
Fix the verb error:
“The boys was playing basketball after school.”
Answer: “The boys were playing basketball after school.”
BONUS FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS:
Fill-in the blank:
The crowd of people ___ cheering as they played.
Fix the verb error:
“They has been waiting for over an hour.”
“They have been waiting for over an hour.”
Is this sentence correct or incorrect?
“The students is working on their essays.”
Incorrect
BONUS: CORRECT THE SENTENCE
Fix the verb tense error:
“The teacher explained the lesson and gives homework after class.”
Answer: The teacher explained the lesson and gave homework after class.
Identify the tense of the verb in this sentence:
“We will visit the museum tomorrow.”
Future Tense
Fix the verb error:
“Yesterday, I seen a significant increase in attendance at the school assembly.”
What is: “Yesterday, I saw a significant increase in attendance at the school assembly.”
Is the verb usage in this sentence correct or incorrect?
"The choir have practiced for two hours."
Answer: Incorrect
BONUS: CORRECT THE SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS.
Choose the correct verb:
“Each of the players ___ ready for the game.”
A) is
B) are
C) were
D) getting
Answer: A) 'is'
Fix the verb tense error:
"When the bell rang, the students pack their bags and left the room.”
Answer: When the bell rang, the students packed their bags and left the room.
Identify the tense of the verb in this sentence:
“By the time the movie started, the children had gone home.”
Past Perfect Tense
Fix the verb error:
“The family were going on vacation next week.”
BONUS: PROVIDE 2 DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SENTENCES FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS!
Answer: The family is going on vacation next week.
or
The family will be going on vacation next week.
Choose the correct helping verb:
“By next week, she ___ have finished the entire book.”
A) Will
B) Would
C) Was
Answer: will
Fix the verb error:
“Neither of the answers were correct.”
Answer: Neither of the answers was correct.
Fix the verb tense error:
“After she finish her test, she turned it in and walked out.”
Answer: After she finished her test, she turned it in and walked out.
Change the verb to past tense:
“The ice on the pond freezes overnight.”
“The ice on the pond froze overnight.”
Fix the verb error:
“If the scientist would have recorded the data carefully, the results would have been accurate.”
Answer: If the scientist had recorded the data carefully, the results would have been accurate.
Choose the correct helping verb:
“By the time we arrived, the movie ___ already started.”
A) has
B) had
C) have
D) was
Answer: had
Fill-in the blank:
“The committee ___ reached a final decision.”
Answer: 'has'
BONUS FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS:
Fill-in the blank:
"The basketball players ___ played hard all season."
Fix the 2 verb tense errors:
“If he studied harder, he will pass the exam and earns a scholarship.”
BONUS: PROVIDE 2 POSSIBLE SENTENCES FOR DOUBLE THE POINTS
Answer: If he studies harder, he will pass the exam and earn a scholarship.
or
If he studied harder, he would have passed the exam and earned a scholarship.