Grammar and sentences

Question 11consistent verb tense · core

Which sentence describes an action happening right now?

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The students will paint the backdrop tomorrow. The students had painted the backdrop before lunch. The students painted the backdrop yesterday. The students are painting the backdrop.

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Question 12consistent verb tense · extension

Which sentence describes an action that was in progress when something interrupted it?

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I was reading when the phone rang. I read after the phone rang. I will read when the phone rings. I read because the phone had stopped ringing.

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Question 13consistent verb tense · core

Which sentence describes a future action?

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We will plant the seedlings next week. We are planting the seedlings now. We planted the seedlings last week. We had planted the seedlings before the rain.

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Question 14consistent verb tense · core

Choose the verb that agrees and keeps the present tense: The kittens ____ under the chair.

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will sleep sleep sleeps slept

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Question 15consistent verb tense · core

Choose the verb that agrees and keeps the present tense: Each player ____ a water bottle.

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carry carries carried carrying

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Question 16consistent verb tense · extension

Choose the verb that keeps the account in the past: I was hungry because I ____ breakfast.

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am missing had missed will miss miss

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Question 17consistent verb tense · extension

Which correction keeps both actions in the past: The bell rang and the children rush outside?

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Change rush to will rush. Change rang to rings. Change rush to rushed. Change rang to ringing.

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Question 18consistent verb tense · extension

Which correction keeps this explanation in the present: Water freezes when the temperature dropped below its freezing point?

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Change dropped to will dropped. Change freezes to freezing. Change dropped to drops. Change freezes to froze.

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Question 19consistent verb tense · extension

Which sentence uses a change of tense to show two different times clearly?

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Yesterday I walk to school, but tomorrow I rode. Yesterday I will walk to school, but tomorrow I rode. Yesterday I walked to school, but tomorrow I will ride. Yesterday I walking to school, but tomorrow I ride.

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Question 20consistent verb tense · core

Which verb completes the sentence correctly: We have ____ all the seeds?

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planted planting plants plant

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