High School English Mechanics

The tense of a verb shows:

• how the action happened

• when the action happened

• where the action happened

• who did the action

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Verbs show:

• descriptions

• where action takes place

• action

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What suffix(es) do you add to make a word past tense?

• -d

• -d, -ed, -n't

• s

• es

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A past tense verb shows action that took place:

• in the future

• in the present

• today

• in the past

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The present tense of the word sleep is:

• asleep/sleeps/sleeping

• slept

• sleeped

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Present tense suffixes are:

• -ed

• -d

• -ing/-s

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What tense is the word works?

• Present

• Past

• Future

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The past tense of do is:

• Doesn't

• Did

• Didn't

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the past tense of the word piles?

• piles

• piling

• pilled

• piled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct past tense of the following sentence:

Students learn new material at school.

• Students learns new material at school.

• Students learned new material at school.

• Students are learning new material at school.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D