Verb Forms and Tenses | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

Select the correct statement about verbs.

All of the statements above are true.

Past, present, and future are the three common verb tenses.

Verbs express action or being in time.

The words in sentences that show the action are verbs.

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: The birds will return in the spring.

future tense and regular form

future tense and irregular form

present tense and regular form

past tense and irregular form

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: The lifeguard saves people each summer.

present tense and regular form

present tense and irregular form

past tense and regular form

past and irregular form

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: Paige will return after the play.

future tense and regular form

future tense and irregular form

present tense and regular form

present tense and irregular form

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: Cheyenne chose the pink balloon.

past tense and irregular form

present tense and irregular form

present tense and regular form

future tense and regular form

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: Isaiah talked to Evan and Juan.

past tense and regular form

past tense and irregular form

present tense and regular form

future tense and regular form

Identify the tense and form of the verb in the following sentence: The ant created his home in the earth.

past tense and regular form

past tense and irregular form

future tense and regular form

future tense and irregular form

Which statement is correct?

All of the above

Past tense already happened.

Present tense are happening now.

Future tense is going to happen.

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: The grandmother ________ the crying child.

calmed

calms

will calm

calmit

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: She _________ her mother on the phone.

called

will call

calls

callit

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: Julia ________ through the storm.

slept

sleeped

sleep

will sleep

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: It __________ the waves high.

blew

blow

blewed

blowed

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence: The wind ________ strong.

was

will be

is

were

Irregular verbs happen in the past.

True

False

Irregular verbs also follow the rule of adding -ed.

False

True

For past tense verbs, if a vowel comes before the y, add only -ed.

True

False

A past tense verb form that ends in a y with a consonant, change the y to an i and then add ______ to the end.

-ed

-es

-ly

-y

Verbs that add -ed to the plain form are called "regular verbs."

True

False

Most verbs form their past tense by adding -ed.

True

False

Choose the correct form that changes the plain verb to the -s form: ITCH

itches

itchs

itchies

Choose the correct form that changes the plain verb to the -s form: GO

goes

goies

go

Choose the correct form that changes the plain verb to the -s form: CARRY

carries

carrys

carreys

Choose the correct form that changes the plain verb to the -s form: MIX

mixes

mixies

mixs

Choose the correct form that changes the plain verb form below to the -s form: LOVE

loves

lovies

love

You will also need to add - es to some verbs that end in o.

True

False

For present tense verbs that end in a consonant and y, change y to i and add _____ to the end.

-es

-s

-ly

-ness

For present tense verbs that end in sh, ch, s, x, or z add _____ at the end.

-es

-s

-ly

all of the above

To change most plain-form verbs to the s-form, add -s.

True

False

What are the two forms of present tense?

plain form and s-form

irregular and regular verb form

action and state-of-being verb forms

none of the above

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: I will be in fifth grade next year.

will be

grade

will

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: Tom and Lydia were full after their snack.

were

eating

snack

Find the "being" verb in the following sentence: Tom said, "I am hungry."

am

said

hungry

Find the action verb in the following sentence: Mr. Fox laughed at the crow.

laughed

crow

at

Find the action verb in the following sentence: The cheese fell toward the ground.

fell

toward

cheese

ground

Find the action verb in the following sentence: Aesop wrote many fables.

wrote

fables

many

What do state-of-being verbs tell you?

They tell that the subject is or is being something.

They tell you the action the subject is doing.

They tell you the movement of the subject in the sentence.

All of the above

State-of-being verbs are action verbs.

False

True

What are the eight state-of-being verbs?

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

there, their, them, I, she, he, they, us

am, is, are, she, were, he, us, been

none of the above

State-of-being verbs are also called __________.

words of being

action verbs

helping verbs

linking verbs

What is the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walks to school.

walks

school

Sally

to

Action verbs ___________________.

describe a physical or mental action

help the main verb describe the action

describe a condition

none of the above