EXERCISE 1:
Double-underline the tensed verbs in cach of these sentences,
Circle the Complete Verbs.
Identify the tense for cach sentence.
1. It was getting late. -Past Tense
2. I will eat dinner. -3uture Tense
3. My friends and I are playing soccer in the field.
4. We celebrated my mother's birthday.
5. Our cousins will visit us next month.
6. I will go with you tomorrow.
7. They enjoy the opera.
8. They had flown in an airplane only once.
9. I had forgotten that
10. I understood the novel.
11. You make me very happy.
12. I received a birthday card from my favorite uncle,
13. She is my favorite author.
14. They were asking me a lot of questions.
15. You have many different choices.
(Check your answers with your group, your teacher or in the Answer Key.)
EXERCISE 2: QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
How many tenses are there?
What are the names of these tenses?
Give an example of each.
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GETTING IT RIGHT