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Name:_____________________________________________
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Date:________________________
Which sentence below has a verb written in the past tense?
A. The lion waits in hiding for his prey.
B. The lion is waiting in hiding for his prey.
C. The lion waited in hiding for his prey.
D. The lion will wait in hiding for his prey.
2. Which sentence is in the present tense?
A. I played football last week.
B. I will play football after school.
C. I have played football since school began.
D. I play football sometimes but not everyday.
3. Which sentence has a past tense verb?
A. Will you please launch the rocket this time?
B. Bill kicks the ball in the air to see how high it will go.
C. I am throwing the pillow to you, so you need to catch it.
D. We threw the trash out yesterday, but the garbage can still smells.
4. What is the compound predicate in the sentence?
Melissa played the piano and sang a song at the school talent show.
A. Melissa and school
B. played and sang
C. piano and song
D. talent and show
5. In which sentence does the word hope function as a verb?
A. The farmers hope it will rain because it has not all year.
B. "Hope" and "faith" are synonyms found in the textbook.
C. Connie has great hope for her future at the new middle school.
D. The runner never gave up hope, even after five people passed him.
6. Which sentence is written correctly?
A. Has the referee blown the whistle?
B. The wind has blew tree limbs in our yard.
C. The boy blown the balloon until it popped.
D. He blowed the trumpet so hard his face was red.
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Which answer uses the correct form of the verb tense in the sentence?
A. He has written the story of his life.
B. He has wrote the story of his life.
C. He will writed the story of his life.
D. He writing the story of his life.
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Either Kara or her sister ______ the missing container.
Which word belongs in the blank?
A. are
B. has
C. was
D. have
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Harold and I was going to start a newspaper business.
What change needs to be made to correct this sentence?
A. Change I to me.
B. Change was to were.
C. Capitalize newspaper.
D. Add a comma after I.
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Jimmy are not happy about having to clean his bedroom.
Which word is used incorrectly in the sentence above?
A. are
B. not
C. having
D. his
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Answer Key
1. C) The lion waited in hiding for his prey.
2. D) I play football sometimes but not everyday.
3. D) We threw the trash out yesterday, but the garbage can still smells.
4. B) played and sang
5. A) The farmers hope it will rain because it has not all year.
6. A) Has the referee blown the whistle?
7. A) He has written the story of his life.
8. B) has
9. B) Change was to were.
10. A) are
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