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Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Read this sentence.

We looked through the cage bars and                 the tiger pace back and forth.
  1. watching
  2. watched
  3. was watching
  4. will watch
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blank.

Davis                 with his kittens all morning. (Past tense)
  1. plays
  2. played
  3. will play
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.

While I was on holiday, my camera                (steal) from my hotel room.
  1. steal
  2. stolen
  3. was stealed
  4. was stolen
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blank.

Superman                 the Earth from destruction. (Future tense)
  1. saved
  2. will save
  3. saves
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blank.

The child                 at the silly clown. (Present tense)
  1. will laugh
  2. laughed
  3. laughs
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.1.2
Choose the correct sentence.
  1. Natalie enjoyed the game yesterday.
  2. Natalie will enjoy the game yesterday.
  3. Natalie enjoys the game yesterday.
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1c
Fill in the blank with the correct present tense verb.

I      am      going to learn to paint.
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Write the past tense of the following verbs:

flip           flipped          

go           went          

cry            cried           

hurry              hurries             

climb              climbed             
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Which set of verbs show the present and past tense?
  1. run, runned
  2. sit, sitted
  3. sweep, sweeped
  4. eat, ate
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1c
Fill in the blanks with the correct present tense verbs.

The cat      is      scared because the dogs       are       barking.
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Determine if the word is past, present or future tense.

prayed        past       

came        past       

leap           present          

visit           present          
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
My mother               the packages off the table.

Which verb correctly completes the sentence?
  1. take
  2. took
  3. taken
  4. taking
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
What tense is the verb in the following sentence?

Mrs. Harvey arrived late for the church service.
  1. past
  2. present
  3. future
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
This room was called the treasury.

What tense is the verb in the above sentence?
  1. past
  2. present
  3. future
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
What is the present tense word for caught?
  1. catched
  2. catch
  3. caught
  4. not here
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Which sentence uses the future tense?
  1. I measure the length of the fence.
  2. I measured the length of the fence.
  3. I will measure the length of the fence.
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1c
We                to relax on weekends.
  1. prefers
  2. likes
  3. has
  4. like
  5. wants
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Read the sentence below. It is written in the present tense.
** I see you in front of my house.
Which sentence below shows the same sentence written in the past tense?
  1. I will see you in front of my house.
  2. I seen you in front of my house.
  3. I saw you in front of my house.
  4. I seed you in front of my house.
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
We                 the fire and then roasted marshmallows.

Which verb correctly completes the sentence?
  1. built
  2. build
  3. builded
  4. have built
Grade 1 Tenses CCSS: CCRA.L.1, L.1.1, L.1.1e
Which sentence uses a form of the verb pick correctly?
  1. I pick a juicy apple and took a big bite out of it.
  2. I picked a juicy apple and took a big bite out of it.
  3. I will pick a juicy apple and took a big bite out of it.
  4. I picks a juicy apple and took a big bite out of it.
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