Grammar Review

Unit 4 Verbs

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

1) Which tense is this story taking place in?

(a) Past(b) Present(c) Future

2) Choose two verbs from the passage that prove the tense.

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions.

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

1) Which tense is this story taking place in?

(a) Past(b) Present(c) Future

2) Choose two verbs from the passage that prove the tense. See verbs in red.

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

3) Name 2 infinitive forms of verbs in the passage.

4) Name 2 prepositional phrases that use the word, “to”.

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

3) Name 2 infinitive forms of verbs in the passage.

See red highlighted words.

4) Name 2 prepositional phrases that use the word, “to”See green words.

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

5) Find 3 action verbs:

6) Find a linking verb:

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions

• The Cask of Amontillado “Seeing my chance, I

grabbed him. He was too surprised to resist. Working quickly, I threw two large chains around his waist and then locked the chains to two iron rods that had been bolted into the wall. After returning the key to my pocket, I stepped back to examine my work.”

5) Find an action verb:

See red answers.

6) Find a linking verb:

See green answers.

Directions: From the passage of a story by Poe, answer the questions

7) Conjugate the verb “to buy”

PRESENT TENSE“To buy”

Singular Plural

I ______________ We ____________

You _____________ You ____________

He/She/It__________ They_____________

7) Conjugate the verb “to buy”

PRESENT TENSE“To buy”

Singular Plural

I __buy____________ We ___buy_________

You __buy_________ You __buy__________

He/She/It__buys____ They__buy_________

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

8.Circle the verb in the sentence above.

9.What is the infinitive form of the verb you circled?

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

8.Circle the verb in the sentence above.

9.What is the infinitive form of the verb you circled? To live

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

10.Rewrite the sentence using the present tense of the verb.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

10.Rewrite the sentence using the present tense of the verb.

Edgar Allen Poe lives in Boston for many years.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

11. Rewrite the sentence using the future tense of the verb.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

11. Rewrite the sentence using the future tense of the verb.

Edgar Allen Poe will live in Boston for many years.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

12. Rewrite the sentence using the present participle of the verb.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

12. Rewrite the sentence using the present participle of the verb.

Edgar Allen Poe is living in Boston for many years.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

13. Rewrite the sentence using the past participle of the verb.

Use the following sentence to answer the next questions.

Edgar Allen Poe lived in Boston for many years.

13. Rewrite the sentence using the past participle of the verb.

Edgar Allen Poe has lived in Boston for many years.

14) Fill in the chart according to the pattern.

Infinitive Present Participle

Past Past Participle

To run Ran (have) run

To see (is) seeing (have) seen

To hike (is hiking) Hiked

(is breathing) Breathed (have) breathed

14) Fill in the chart according to the pattern.

Infinitive Present Participle

Past Past Participle

To run (is running) Ran (have) run

To see (is) seeing saw (have) seen

to hike (is hiking) Hiked (have) hiked

To breathe (is breathing) Breathed (have) breathed

15) Fill in the chart according to the pattern.

Infinitive Present Participle

Past Past Participle

(to) eat Ate (have) eaten

(to) win (is) winning (have) won

(to) try (is) trying Tried

(is) watching Watched (have) watched

15) Fill in the chart according to the pattern.

Infinitive Present Participle

Past Past Participle

(to) eat (is) eating Ate (have) eaten

(to) win (is) winning won (have) won

(to) try (is) trying Tried (have) tried

(to) watch (is) watching Watched (have) watched