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Verb Assessment R&W

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Part 1: Identifying Verbs
Directions: Choose the complete verb or verb phrase.
Question 1
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. The daredevil cockroach splashed into Sara's soup.

Question 2
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. My grumpy old English teacher smiled at the plate of cold meatloaf.

Question 3
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. David is reaching for his glass of iced tea.

Question 4
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. The alarm clock was buzzing like an angry bumblebee.

Question 5
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. Did the squirrel jump from the tree?

Question 6
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Choose the verb or verb phrase. Selena is always disobeying the speed limit.

Question 7
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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
Question 8
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I have written some poems about the ocean.

Question 9
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My teacher is reading them now.

Question 10
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We had decided to put the poems in a book.

Question 11
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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
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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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

Question 43
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The girls (is, are) happy...

Question 44
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They (was, were) really...

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I (is, am) extremely...

Question 46
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The boys (is, are) over...

Question 47
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Joe (is, are) usually late...