Shifts in Verb Tenses

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase.

Margaret was setting the table when the doorbell ringing.

• rings

• will ring

• rang

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

The baby has not taken a nap, so she was very cranky.

• is

• were

• are

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

Carmen ran across the room and _____ her toe on the leg of the coffee table.

• stubs

• stubbed

• will have stubbed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase. The game will have ended by the time the rain begins.

• began

• begin

• had begun

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

Decide whether or not the verb tense is used correctly. By the time the final speech began, many people have left the auditorium.

• correct

• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

Is the sentence written correctly?
We saw a bird dancing, and seconds later, we hear the croak of a loud toad.

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

Fix any verbs that dont match the tense of the verb written in blue. 
The actors will read the script on their own, and then practiced the scenes with each other over the weekend.

• will practice

• practices

• practicing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

The actor kept on performing as if he hadn’t _____ a mistake.

• makes

• make

• made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the option that corrects the underlined verb or verb phrase. The trainer yells out a command, and the dog rolled over.

• had rolled

• rolls

• will have rolled

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

While I play the drums, Janice _____ and strums her guitar.

• sang

• sung

• sings

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E