Four multiple-choice items push fourth graders into trickier territory: spotting future progressive ("She will be practicing piano"), choosing the correct past tense of "bite," finding the only sentence pair that holds tense steady, and identifying present progressive in a painter sentence. Fill-in-blank items cover irregular pasts of "sing," "fall," and "wear," plus the -ing rule for future progressive.
Working through these tougher choices teaches students that progressive tenses always pair a form of "be" with an -ing verb — a pattern that unlocks both past and future progressive writing.
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Verb Tenses
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly?
A) She will be practicing piano at three o'clock.
B) She will practiced piano at three o'clock.
C) She is practicing piano at three o'clock tomorrow.
D) She practicing piano at three o'clock.
2. What is the correct past tense of the irregular verb "bite"?
A) bited
B) bitten
C) bit
D) biting
3. Which pair of sentences keeps the tense consistent?
A) We ate lunch and then we play outside.
B) She finishes her chores and watched television.
C) He opened his book and began to read.
D) I will clean my room and cooked dinner.
4. In which sentence is the present progressive tense used?
A) The painter finished the mural yesterday.
B) The painter finishes a mural every month.
C) The painter is finishing the mural right now.
D) The painter will finish the mural next week.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The irregular past tense of "sing" is sang.
2. The future progressive tense uses will be plus a verb ending in -ing.
3. In "The leaves fell from the tree," the verb "fell" is the past tense of fall.
4. A sentence in the present progressive tense always includes a form of the verb be plus -ing.
5. The irregular past tense of "wear" is wore.
Verb Tenses
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which sentence uses the future progressive tense correctly?
A) She will be practicing piano at three o'clock.
B) She will practiced piano at three o'clock.
C) She is practicing piano at three o'clock tomorrow.
D) She practicing piano at three o'clock.
2. What is the correct past tense of the irregular verb "bite"?
A) bited
B) bitten
C) bit
D) biting
3. Which pair of sentences keeps the tense consistent?
A) We ate lunch and then we play outside.
B) She finishes her chores and watched television.
C) He opened his book and began to read.
D) I will clean my room and cooked dinner.
4. In which sentence is the present progressive tense used?
A) The painter finished the mural yesterday.
B) The painter finishes a mural every month.
C) The painter is finishing the mural right now.
D) The painter will finish the mural next week.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The irregular past tense of "sing" is sang.
2) The future progressive tense uses will be plus a verb ending in -ing.
3) In "The leaves fell from the tree," the verb "fell" is the past tense of fall.
4) A sentence in the present progressive tense always includes a form of the verb be plus -ing.
5) The irregular past tense of "wear" is wore.
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