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Diction Fiction
Past Tense and Past Participle
Attention, subjects!
Pick the Preposition
Don't be Tense
100
The hen laid a large amount of eggs.
Replace "amount" with "number."
100
Today the thief may steal some money. Yesterday he ____ $500. The thief has ____ a lot of money.
What is stole, stolen?
100
The group of friends likes to listen to rock music.
What is the group (of friends)?
100
Capable ___
What is "of"?
100
Mark said, "I will eat a slice of pizza." Mark said...
(that) he would eat a slice of pizza.
200
Betty did not except her son's excuses since he had already disobeyed her many times.
Change "except" to "accept."
200
Hopefully this new ship will not sink. The old one _____ last year. Apart from that ship, no other ship has _____ around here in the last decade.
What is sank, sunk?
200
The idea that women should be allowed to vote has not yet been accepted in all parts of the world.
What is the idea (that women should be allowed to vote)?
200
Prone ___
What is "to"?
200
Steve was watching a movie when the telephone had rung.
Replace "had rung" with "rang."
300
"If you had hurried up, Michael, we would of made the game!"
Change "of" to "have."
300
The hippopotamus drinks a lot of water. Yesterday he ____ 15 litres! It is only 10:00am and he has already _____ 5 litres of water.
What is drank, drunk?
300
Expressing a wide range of emotions, Picasso's paintings have been hailed as some of the greatest in modern art.
What are Picasso's paintings?
300
Aside ___
What is "from"?
300
Harry: "I have cleaned my room." Harry says...
(that) he has cleaned his room.
400
After the criminal was hanged, Martha hanged the laundry.
Change the second "hanged" to "hung."
400
The government forbids people from wearing the colour green. The government ______ it because the president doesn't like green. In a speech, the president explained that he had _____ it because it reminded him of trees.
What is forbade, forbidden?
400
The freshness of the bread depends on how long ago it was baked.
What is the freshness (of the bread)?
400
Comply ___
What is "with"?
400
I should of brung my Nintendo to school yesterday.
Change "should of brung" to "should have brought."
500
Peter, Jocelyn, and Bridget went to the movie theatre. The former bought snacks because he had recently won the lottery.
Change "the former" to "the first" or "Peter."
500
"Seek the purple snake," said the wise man. Jerry ____ the purple snake, but never found it. The wise man himself has ____ the snake in every backyard in town.
What is sought, sought?
500
Alex's patience was tested by his annoying little sister.
What is Alex's patience?
500
Peculiar ___
What is "to"?
500
We had been cooking all day because the wedding is tomorrow.
Change "had" to "have."