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Verb Assessment R&W

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Part 1: Identifying Verbs 
Directions: Choose the complete verb or verb phrase.

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PART 2: Helping Verbs
Directions: Choose the helping verb in the sentence

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Question 10

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Question 11

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PART 3: Regular Simple Tenses (past, present, future)

Directions: For EACH sentence, rewrite the sentence with the appropriate simple verb tense.  For example, for number 1 you will be writing the sentence for the (1) present tense, (2) past tense and (3) future tense.  

Remember, it will be counted wrong if ANYTHING in the sentence is incorrect.

Example: I (play/plays) many instruments.
    Present:    I play many instruments.
    Past:         I played many instruments.
    Future:     I will play many instruments.

DON'T FORGET THE PERIOD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE

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Part 4: Irregular Verbs
Directions: Write the past tense for each of these irregular verbs

Question 27

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see

Question 28

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freeze

Question 29

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catch

Question 30

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go

Question 31

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begin

Question 32

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stand

Part 5: Action vs Linking Verbs

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Choose the verb or verb phrase.   The daredevil cockroach splashed into Sara's soup.

daredevil cockroach

splashed

into Sara's soup

cockroach splashed

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   My grumpy old English teacher smiled at the plate of cold meatloaf.

teacher

teacher smiled

smiled

smiled at the place

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   David is reaching for his glass of iced tea.

glass

his glass

reaching

is reaching

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   The alarm clock was buzzing like an angry bumblebee.

alarm

alarm clock

was

was buzzing

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   Did the squirrel jump from the tree?

squirrel

jump

did jump

squirrel did jump

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   Selena is always disobeying the speed limit.

Selena

is

is always disobeying

is disobeying

Choose the verb or verb phrase.   Selena should have been driving with more care.

should have

should have been

should have been driving

with more care

I have written some poems about the ocean.

I

written

have

poems

My teacher is reading them now.

teacher

is

reading

now

We had decided to put the poems in a book.

had

decided

put

in

I am looking for something to use.

I

am

looking

for

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Question 15

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Question 33

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Question 39

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Question 41

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Question 47

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charged

Action

Linking

was

Action

Linking

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walked

Action

Linking

are

Action

Linking

howls

Action

Linking

is

Action

Linking

rides

Action

Linking

is

Action

Linking

ran

Action

Linking

is

Action

Linking

The girls (is, are) happy...

is

are

They (was, were) really...

was

were

I (is, am) extremely...

is

am

The boys (is, are) over...

is

are

Joe (is, are) usually late...

is

are