Action Verbs — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence uses the correct past tense verb? "Yesterday, the girls ___."
A) Yesterday, the girls dance.
B) Yesterday, the girls danced.
C) Yesterday, the girls dancing.
D) Yesterday, the girls dances.
Danced is the correct past tense form. The word yesterday tells us the action happened in the past.
2. Choose the correct verb to complete this sentence: "Right now the baby ___ in the crib."
A) sleeped
B) slept
C) sleeping
D) sleeps
Sleeps is the correct present tense verb. The phrase right now tells us it is happening at this moment.
3. Which verb is in the past tense?
A) jumps
B) jumping
C) jumped
D) jump
Jumped ends in -ed, which shows the action already happened in the past.
4. Choose the correct sentence.
A) He runned to school.
B) He ran to school.
C) He running to school.
D) He runs to school yesterday.
Ran is the correct irregular past tense form of the verb run.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The past tense of "swim" is swam.
Swam is the irregular past tense of swim.
2. The past tense of "eat" is ate.
Ate is the irregular past tense of eat.
3. To show something already happened, we use the past tense.
The past tense is used to describe actions that have already been completed.
4. The past tense of "run" is ran.
Ran is the irregular past tense of run.
5. A verb that ends in -ed usually tells about the past.
The -ed ending is the most common way to form the past tense of regular verbs.