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Verb Assessment R&W

Last updated about 5 years ago
47 questions
Part 1: Identifying Verbs
Directions: Choose the complete verb or verb phrase.
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. The daredevil cockroach splashed into Sara's soup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PART 2: Helping Verbs
Directions: Choose the helping verb in the sentence
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I have written some poems about the ocean.

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My teacher is reading them now.

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We had decided to put the poems in a book.

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I am looking for something to use.

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
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see

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freeze

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catch

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go

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begin

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stand

Part 5: Action vs Linking Verbs
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charged

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was

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walked

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are

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howls

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is

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rides

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is

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ran

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is

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The girls (is, are) happy...

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They (was, were) really...

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I (is, am) extremely...

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The boys (is, are) over...

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Joe (is, are) usually late...