4th Grade ELA
Natural Disasters
Verb Tense Practice
Identify the verbs in the paragraph below. The number on the left correlates with the blue sentence number. Click on the number to choose the tense as past (PA), present (PR), or future (F). You may click on the microphone icon below each number to read each sentence aloud.
(1)Hawaiian volcanoes are unique for many reasons. (2) Hawaiian volcanoes are in the middle of the Pacific Plate, not in the Ring of Fire. (3) They grew from the Pacific seafloor over several million years. (4)Thousands of undersea eruptions built up hardened lava from the bottom of the deep sea and eventually appeared as islands. (5) Hawaiian lava gushes out in red-hot fountains. (6) They erupt less violently and rarely throw out ash or rocks. (7) The Hawaiian Islands are constantly changing as the volcanoes erupt. (8) Old lava hardens and cools as it enters the sea, changing the shape of the islands.