Name __________________________________
Date ________
Period _____
Bellwork Term 2 Week 7
Focus: Verb Tense
Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs
Present
begin
break
choose
come
do
draw
drive
eat
fall
freeze
go
grow
know
lie
ring
rise
run
see
shake
sing
sink
speak
steal
swim
take
write
Past
began
broke
chose
came
did
drew
drove
ate
fell
froze
went
grew
knew
lay
rang
rose
ran
saw
shook
sang
sank
spoke
stole
swam
took
wrote
Past Participle
(have) begun
(have) broken
(have) chosen
(have) come
(have) done
(have) drawn
(have) driven
(have) eaten
(have) fallen
(have) frozen
(have) gone
(have) grown
(have) known
(have) lain
(have) rung
(have) risen
(have) run
(have) seen
(have) shaken
(have) sung
(have) sunk
(have) spoken
(have) stolen
(have) swum
(have) taken
(have) written
Rule: The past tense of a verb is not used with a helping (auxiliary) verb; whereas, the past participle must have a
helping verb.
Examples: I saw you at the mall.
We had chosen our club officers.
Monday, November 30th
Circle the correct tense of the verb.
1. Baseball fans are happy when spring training has (began, begun).
2. The player has (stole, stolen) more bases than anyone else.
3. The pitcher has also (broke, broken) the record for scoreless innings.
4. Finally, a batter (drove, driven) a ball into the outfield.
5. We have always (ate, eaten) peanuts at ball games.
6. The playoff game has (drew, drawn) a large crowd.
7. Have you (chose, chosen) your favorite team?
8. We already (did, done) that.
9. We have (come, came) to every game.
10. The ball had (fell, fallen) right into his glove.
Tuesday, December 1st
Circle the correct tense of the verb.
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The sun had already (rose, risen) when we arrived.
Has the bell (rang, rung)?
She had (lay, lain) down to rest.
I wish I had (knew, known) you were going to be late.
The group had already (went, gone) to the lake.
Has the pond (froze, frozen) already?
He has always (ran, run) the 220 yard dash.
I (saw, seen) their new uniforms yesterday.
Sally has (sang, sung) in the choir every year.
We (did, done) our homework before dinner.
Wednesday, December 2nd
Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses..
1. He had _____________ the cobwebs loose. (shake)
2. In a freak accident his boat ______________. (sink)
3. Yesterday they ______________ for a while after lunch. (swim)
4. Those oak trees have really _______________. (grow)
5. The teacher had already _____________ to him several times. (speak)
6. The photographer had _____________ their pictures. (take)
7. In choir this morning we _____________ every verse. (sing)
8. Have you _____________ your chores? (do)
9. She has already _______________ her essay. (write)
10. The antique cars have _______________ to the Coast for several years. (come)
Thursday, December 3rd
Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses.
1. The kids have already ___________________ to school. (go)
2. They _______________their warmups as soon as they arrived at the gym. (do)
3. When I arrived, I ______________all of the decorations. (see)
4. The girls have already ________________that song three times. (sing)
5. Help! He has _______________ into the ice! (fall)
6. She has _______________ to the store to pick up a few things. (run)
7. They have ______________ all the way from Tennessee for the show. (come)
8. He must’ve _________________ six inches this summer. (grow)
9. The boat had already _____________________ when the rescue boat arrived. (sink)
Friday, December 4th
Make changes so that the tense in the following sentences is consistent. Then, choose two sentences, and vary the
sentence structure by using an adverb clause in one and a participial phrase in the other.
1. My father growled at the salesman and tells him to leave.
2. I landed in Stockholm and arrive an hour later at my hotel.
3. Beethoven conducted his first performance when he is already deaf.
4. I walked into the room and find nobody there.
5. As soon as the operation is over, I visited him.
6. The visitor stayed two hours and then leaves abruptly.
7. The car has front-wheel drive and came with power steering and power brakes.
8. My family had dinner at a Japanese restaurant, and then they go to the movies.