Practice with Verb Tenses

With Sentences from Houghton Mifflin Text

Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. I watch them last summer from my window.

B. Then the air grew cold.C. Winter will come soon.D. (no mistakes)

I watched them last summer from my window.

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Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. The birds will leave for their winter homes.

B. Scientists call this migration.C. Some birds traveled many miles next

year.D. (no mistakes)

Some birds will travel many miles next year.

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Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. Last winter, Dad and I built a birdhouse.B. In the spring, some wrens made a nest in

it.C. Now a family of birds lives in the house.D. (no mistakes)

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Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. The parent birds bring food to the babies.

B. Next spring, a new family of birds nested in our yard.

C. Jack received a canary for his birthday.D. (no mistakes)

Next spring, a new family of birds will nest in our yard.

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Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. After he saw him, Jack names the bird Clarence.

B. Clarence sang to Jack all day long.C. Jack will read a book about canaries

tomorrow.D. (no mistakes)

After he saw him, Jack named the bird Clarence.

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Choose the sentence with a mistake. Then write the sentence correctly.

A. He will give Clarence fresh food and water.B. Clarence will stay healthy with such good

care.C. Jack loves Clarence as soon as he saw him

the first time.D. (no mistakes)

Jack loved Clarence as soon as he saw him the first time.

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Read the paragraph. Find the verb that shows the wrong tense.

Mice is cute in cartoons, but you don’t want them in your home. Mom threw a shoe at one!

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Read the paragraph. Find the verb that shows the wrong tense.

Garth reads five books a week. He never watched TV. He studies all the time.

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Read this weather forecast.

Heavy snow will begin at noon. About twenty inches of snow will fall. Strong winds will blow all night. Skies will clear on Monday. The snow will melt.

CHALLENGE:The forecast was exactly right! Rewrite the paragraph in the past tense to show that the weather already happened.

Weather Report:

Heavy snow began at noon. About twenty inches of snow fell. Strong winds blew all night. Skies cleared on Monday. The snow melted.

Next Challenge:Write the forecast for the next day using future tense verbs.