Shift in Verb Tense Review

Shift in Verb Tense Review

by Logan Hunsicker

Multiple Choice

Which underlined verb should be changed to correct the mistake in verb tense?

• lives

• watched

• made

• take

Multiple Choice

Which change should be made to correct the error in verb tense?

• Change helps to will help in sentence 2.

• Change pluck to plucked in sentence 3.

• Change gave to give in sentence 4

• Change use to used in sentence 5.

Multiple Choice

Which change should be made to the paragraph to correct the error in verb tense?

• Change am painting to was painting in sentence 1.

• Change is floating to will be floating in sentence 2.

• Change are growing to were growing in sentence 3.

• Change were flying to are flying in sentence 4.

Multiple Choice

Which change should be made to correct the error in verb tense?

• (A)   Change am reading to was reading in sentence 1.

• (B)   Change is gathering to was gathering in sentence 2.

• (C)   Change was being to is being in sentence 3.

• (D)   Change is waiting to will be waiting in sentence 4.

Multiple Choice

5.  Which sentence contains a verb error?

• (A) We did our chores before we played the game.

• (B) Before I go to the park, I have to clean the kitchen and the living room.

• (C) We packed the food before we went on our picnic.

• (D) Before the girls went to the meeting, they make copies of a list of jobs.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• (A) Before he left the building, Jasper checked to make sure he has locked the doors.

• (B) Before he left the building, Jasper checked to make sure he had locked the doors.

• (C) Before he left the building, Jasper checks to make sure he locked the doors.

• (D) Before he left the building, Jasper has checked to make sure he had locked the doors.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence in the paragraph has an error?

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

Multiple Choice

Which underlined verb or verb phrase is not used correctly?

• (A)   Mark completed his chores before the basketball game.

• (B)   Hannah had pedaled her bike faster as she rides down the hill.

• (C)   I will have made seven hats for my friends by the end of the month.

• (D)   He has improved at playing soccer because he practices every morning.

Multiple Choice

Which change should be made to correct the error in verb tense?

• (A)   Change were leaning to have leaned in sentence 2.

• (B)   Change had rained to has rained in sentence 2.

• (C)   Change appeared to appears in sentence 3.

• (D)   Change returned to return in sentence 5.

Multiple Choice

Which verb or verb phrase completes the sentence?

• (A)    is looking

• (B)    looks

• (C)    will look

• (D)    looked

Multiple Choice

Which underlined words should be changed to correct the error in verb tense?

• (A)   has won in sentence 1

• (B)   have become in sentence 2

• (C)   had led in sentence 3

• (D)   will have scored in sentence 4

Multiple Choice

Which change should be made to correct the error in verb tense?

• (A)   Change learned to learns in sentence 1.

• (B)   Change started to starts in sentence 3.

• (C)   Change inspires to inspired in sentence 4.

• (D)   Change consider to considered in sentence 5.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains an inappropriate shift in verb tense?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Multiple Choice

Which sentence in the paragraph contains an error in verb tense?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4