Study Guide for Verbs Unit Test
Name _______________________ Class Period ____
I. List the helping verb or verbs that are used with the following verb tenses.
1. Past perfect ____________________
2. Present perfect _________________
3. Future perfect __________________
II. Write the verb tense that shows the following
4. Action that happened in the past ____________________
5. Action that will have been completed in the future ___________________
6. Action that has been completed in the present _____________________
7. Action that will happen in the future ____________________________
8. Action that happens in the present _____________________________
9. Action that had been completed in the past ______________________
III. In the most of the following sentences the verb is written incorrectly. Write the complete correct
verb. If the sentence is already correct, write correct on your paper.
___________________ 10. If you lay on the couch too long, you will miss dinner.
___________________ 11. Who seen the book in lost and found?
___________________ 12. You’ve threw the ball out of bounds!
___________________ 13. Julio has brung his project to school on time.
___________________ 14. We have swam only three laps.
___________________ 15. The tarp has laid on the field for three hours.
___________________ 16. We have risen the flag at our field before every ballgame.
___________________ 17. Just set those flowers on the table in the hall.
___________________ 18. Our local PBS station has began its fund-raising drive.
___________________ 19. After our discussion, we had came to the same conclusion.
IV. Change the underlined verbs in the sentences to the tense indicated.
20. __________________ Every time Roger comes to visit me, he brings his dog Zip with him. (present perfect)
21. __________________ Zip will sleep on the kitchen floor for the entire visit. (past perfect)
22. __________________ After the visit, Zip has broken all records for sleeping. (future perfect)
V. Rewrite the following sentences to make the verb tenses consistent. Use the tense of the first verb
in the sentence as your guide. For example, if the first verb in the sentence is in the present tense,
make all of the sentences in the present tense.
23. My uncle comes back to Michigan for Christmas, and he drove his vintage sports car.
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24. Ava finished her assignment, but she forgets to put a title page on it.
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25. Aunt Maureen jumped to her feet and cheers when Mia makes the winning basket.
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V. What is the tense in each of the following sentences?
_________________ 26. Kara walks her dog at least twice a day.
_________________ 27. After receiving the notice about the upcoming test, Jack was glad that he had
studied the material.
_________________ 28. I have eaten the vegetables, and now I will try the dessert.
_________________ 29. Please return the book to the shelf now.
_________________ 30. He will consider your request and will give you an answer.
_________________31. By the time she was eight years old, Jenna had read almost one hundred books.
________________ 32. Next week we will have finished the chapter on phrases.
________________ 33. “I have begun my project,” said Martha.
Strike Three
(1) In the early years of baseball, the umpires started a tradition
that begun because of a player named William Hoy. (2) Hoy played in the
major leagues in the early 1900s. During his four years of major league
play, Hoy made over two thousand hits and stoled almost six hundred
bases. (3) Hoy, a great outfielder, become the first player to have
thrown three men out at home plate from the outfield—all in the same game. (4) William Hoy was a
great player, but he could neither talk to other players nor hear the umpires’ calls. Earlier, he had
lost his hearing.
(5) When the umpires searched for a way to make the game easier for him, they begin to use
hand signals. (6) They signaled strikes with the right hand and balls with the left hand. Hoy could
simply look at the umpire to learn if the ball had cross the strike zone or not. (7) Hand signals also
helped Hoy when he run bases or played outfield. (8) The umpire throwed up his thumb to signal that
the runner was out or spread his hands wide to mean the runner was safe.
(9) The umpires’ calls have became the signals that are used in the game today. They helped
William Hoy in the past, but they also will help other players in the future. (10) There is some
interest that William Hoy, a man who could not hear an umpire’s call, in the future will have entered
the baseball hall of fame. (adapted from 1999 Milliken Building Comprehension Grade 6)
1. In section 1
Find an error ___________________
What is the tense of the underlined
verb?___________________________
2. In section 2
Find an error ____________________
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
____________________________
3. In section 3
Find an error ___________________
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
___________________________
4. In section 4
Find a verb phrase in the first sentence
_____________________________
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
___________________________
5. In section 5
Find an error ___________________
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
___________________________
6. In section 6
Find an error ___________________
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
___________________________
7. In section 7
Find an error ___________________
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
___________________________
8. In section 8
Find an error ___________________
Is the underlined verb action or linking?
___________________________
9. In section 9
Find an error ___________________
What is the tense of the underlined verb?
___________________________
10. In section 10, find two verb phrases.
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