Verb Types
Verb Tenses
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs 2
Perfect Tense
100
This type of verb tells what the subject is doing
What is an action verb
100
"I am making chocolate chip cookies for my grandpa." This sentence demonstrates this verb tense.
What is present tense
100
These verbs have an -ed ending added to the root verb for both the simple past and past participle.
What are regular verbs
100
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence. "Smoke (rose, raised) from the chimney
What is rose.
100
This perfect verb expresses action that began in the past but continues or is completed in the present. The present perfect tense is formed by adding has or have to the past participle.
What is present perfect
200
"A three-mile run seems like a marathon during a hot, humid July afternoon." In this sentence, "seems" is this type of verb.
What is a linking verb.
200
"I gave my dog a dirty look after she barked at me for five minutes." This sentence demonstrates this verb tense.
What is past tense
200
"I write." "Yesterday I wrote." "I have written." The 3rd sentence shows this.
What is past participle
200
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence. "I had (swam, swum) in the lake for hours.
What is swum.
200
"I had hoped to see my brother when he came home from college." This sentence uses this kind of perfect tense.
What is past perfect
300
feel, grow, look, remain, seems, smell, sound, and taste are examples of this type of verb.
What is a linking verb.
300
Past, present, and future are all examples of this type of verb tense
What is simple tense.
300
Give the past participle of "fly".
What is have flown
300
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence. "I have (wove, woven) a scarf for the baby.
What is woven.
300
This perfect tense is formed by adding "will have" to the past participle.
What is future perfect.
400
"Bad deviled eggs can result in stomach pains and vomiting." In this sentence, "can" is an example of this type of verb.
What is a helping verb.
400
"I can listen to Rebecca Black after I complete my homework" This sentence demonstates this verb tense.
What is future tense.
400
Give the past tense of "lay"
What is laid
400
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence. "Miss Carpenter (drank, drunk) from the fountain of youth."
What is drank.
400
"By the time I finish school, I probably will have completed 25 years of my life." This sentence uses this type of perfect tense.
What is future perfect.
500
This type of verb aids a writer in expressing tense.
What is a helping verb.
500
This is an example of when to shift verb tense.
What is providing background information or past examples for a topic, comparing events from two different time periods, or providing current commentary on past events.
500
Give the past partiple of "tear"
What is have torn
500
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence. "I had(laid, lain) on the couch for hours the previous night watching Vampire Diaries."
What is lain.
500
This tense is formed by adding "had" to the past participle.
What is past perfect.