This set asks fourth graders to repair a tense shift between "blew" and "opens," pick the correct past progressive for building a treehouse, choose "held" as the past of "hold," and find the only sentence pair without a tense shift. Fill-in-blank items target the irregular pasts of "rise," "lead," and "forgive," plus the rule that simultaneous actions share the same tense.
These advanced items push writers past simple past-present-future thinking and into the editing eye real authors use to keep paragraphs steady from first sentence to last.
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Verb Tenses
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read these sentences: "The wind blew hard. Suddenly the door opens wide." What should be changed?
A) Change "blew" to "blows."
B) Change "opens" to "opened."
C) Change "blew" to "blowed."
D) No change is needed.
2. Which sentence correctly uses the past progressive tense?
A) They were building a treehouse all afternoon.
B) They was building a treehouse all afternoon.
C) They builded a treehouse all afternoon.
D) They will be building a treehouse all afternoon.
3. What is the correct past tense of the irregular verb "hold"?
A) holded
B) holding
C) holds
D) held
4. Which sentence has NO tense shift error?
A) She danced on stage and then sings a solo.
B) We will pack our lunches and will walk to school.
C) He is drawing a picture and wrote a story.
D) They swam in the pool and then eats ice cream.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The irregular past tense of "rise" is rose.
2. In "She was reading when the lights went out," the verb "was reading" is in the past progressive tense.
3. The irregular past tense of "lead" is led.
4. When two actions happen at the same time in a sentence, both verbs should be in the same tense.
5. The irregular past tense of "forgive" is forgave.
Verb Tenses
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read these sentences: "The wind blew hard. Suddenly the door opens wide." What should be changed?
A) Change "blew" to "blows."
B) Change "opens" to "opened."
C) Change "blew" to "blowed."
D) No change is needed.
2. Which sentence correctly uses the past progressive tense?
A) They were building a treehouse all afternoon.
B) They was building a treehouse all afternoon.
C) They builded a treehouse all afternoon.
D) They will be building a treehouse all afternoon.
3. What is the correct past tense of the irregular verb "hold"?
A) holded
B) holding
C) holds
D) held
4. Which sentence has NO tense shift error?
A) She danced on stage and then sings a solo.
B) We will pack our lunches and will walk to school.
C) He is drawing a picture and wrote a story.
D) They swam in the pool and then eats ice cream.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The irregular past tense of "rise" is rose.
2) In "She was reading when the lights went out," the verb "was reading" is in the past progressive tense.
3) The irregular past tense of "lead" is led.
4) When two actions happen at the same time in a sentence, both verbs should be in the same tense.
5) The irregular past tense of "forgive" is forgave.
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