Hoboken Elementary Shifts in Verbs

Which sentence uses verb shifts correctly?

• We ate a taco for lunch and will walk around the track.

• Susan cuddles her puppy and walked him outside.

• The girls play battle ball, and the boys will play basketball.

• We wrote our names on a piece of paper and listened to the teacher's directions.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• Mary slowly walks to the kitchen, as the lights went off.

• Mary slowly walked to the kitchen, as the lights went off.

• Mary slowly will walk to the kitchen, as the lights go off.

• Mary is slowly walking to the kitchen as the lights went off.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• My teacher smiled at me when I enter the room.

• My teacher smiles at me when I entered the room.

• My teacher will smile at me when I entered the room.

• My teacher smiles at me when I enter the room.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses the correct shift in verbs?

• When George goes to the grocery store, he bought a bag of apples.

• When George went to the grocery store, he buys a bag of apples.

• When George is going to the grocery store, he will buy a bag of apples.

• When George went to the grocery store, he bought a bag of apples.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• Harry walks to the bus stop and waits for the school bus.

• Mary rode to school and talks to her mom in the car.

• Jeff runs to the parking lot and found his mom waiting.

• Sally skips down the hall and smiled at her teachers.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• Kevin had set the table while Mary tosses the salad.

• Kevin is setting the table while Mary is tossing the salad.

• Kevin sets the table while Mary tossed the salad.

• Kevin will set the table while Mary tossed the salad.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Look at the following sentence. Change the second verb to match the tense of the underlined verb.

John reads out loud while the class listened.

• will listen

• was listening

• listens

• had listened

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Look at the following sentence. Change the second verb to match the tense of the underlined verb.

Jan will expect a birthday gift, so we had to get her one.

• got

• are getting

• had gotten

• will get

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Look at the following sentence. Change the second verb to match the tense of the underlined verb.

When Ken got to school, he goes straight to class.

• will go

• is going

• went

• will be going

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence uses shifts in verbs correctly?

• Rachel climbed the tree and rescues the cat.

• Yesterday, Ron went to the carnival and is enjoying the rides.

• When I get to the mall, I called you.

• The caterpillar crawled slowly and munched some leaves.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D