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Directions: Choose the correct answer.

1) They __________ in the city. a. brush

b. brushes
a. live
b. lives 9) He __________ the ball.

2) He __________ a dog. a. catch

b. catches
a. see
b. sees 10) They __________ aerobics.

3) They __________ the bus. a. do

b. does
a. ride
b. rides 11) Max __________ the groceries.

4) She __________ a car. a. carry

b. carries
a. drive
b. drives 12) He __________ on the neighbors.

5) He __________ novels. a. spy

b. spies
a. read
b. reads 13) She __________ about her kids.

6) She __________ to school. a. worry

b. worries
a. go
b. goes 14) We __________ sports.

7) She __________ the street. a. enjoy

b. enjoys
a. cross
b. crosses 15) He __________ to dance.

8) She __________ her hair. a. try

b. tries

Directions: Choose the correct answer.

1) He _________ to school. b. walks

c. speaks
a. reads

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2) She _________ Italian food. b. misses

c. pushes
a. eats
b. lives 9) The child _________ the paint colors.
c. drives
a. mixes
3) We _________ horror movies. b. catches
c. tosses
a. sell
b. talk 10) She _________ the salad.
c. watch
a. pushes
4) The cat _________ with yarn. b. latches
c. tosses
a. plays
b. sees 11) He _________ mean things.
c. moves
a. says
5) It _________ in the ocean. b. sayes

a. reads 12) The chicken _________ in hot oil.

b. cooks
c. swims a. frys
b. fries
6) She _________ her mom before bed.
13) He _________ other kids at school.
a. pushes
b. kisses a. bullys
c. watches b. bullies

7) He _________ 5th grade. 14) She _________ water on the plants.

a. teaches a. sprays
b. mixes b. spraies
c. washes
15) He _________ in court.
8) The mother _________ the stroller.
a. testifys
a. kisses b. testifies

Quiz 1 Answers 6) b. goes

1) a. live 7) b. crosses
2) b. sees 8) b. brushes
3) a. ride 9) b. catches
4) b. drives 10) a. do
5) b. reads 11) b. carries
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12) b. spies 6) b. kisses

13) b. worries 7) a. teaches
14) a. enjoy 8) c. pushes
15) b. tries 9) a. mixes
10) c. tosses
Quiz 2 Answers 11) a. says
1) b. walks 12) b. fries
2) a. eats 13) b. bullies
3) c. watch 14) a. sprays
4) a. plays 15) b. testifies
5) c. swims

Directions: Choose the correct form of the past tense verb.

1) She __________ (cross) the street. c. worred

a. crossd 6) We __________ (enjoy) sports.

b. crosses
c. crossed a. enjoed
b. enjoyed
2) She __________ (brush) her hair. c. enjoied

a. brushed 7) He __________ (trip) over a rock.

b. brushes
c. brusht a. triped
b. tripped
3) She __________ (carry) the groceries. c. trippd

a. carryed 8) I __________ (learn) English at school.

b. carried
c. carries a. learned
b. learnd
4) He __________ (spy) on the neighbors. c. learning

a. spied 9) He __________ (cook) dinner for me.

b. spyed
c. spies a. cooks
b. cooked
5) She __________ (worry) about her kids. c. cookied

a. worried 10) I __________ (dip) my feet in the water.

b. worryed

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a. dip c. dipped
b. diped

Directions: Choose the correct answer.

1) He _________ to school. 6) The mother _________ the stroller.

a. visited a. missed
b. walked b. pushed

2) We _________ a horror movie. 7) She _________ the salad right before serving
dinner.
a. talked
b. watched a. pushed
b. tossed
3) The cat _________ with yarn.
8) The cook _________ the chicken in hot oil.
a. played
b. plaied a. fryed
b. fried
4) She _________ her mom before bed.
9) He _________ other kids at school.
a. pushed
b. kissed a. bullyed
b. bullied
5) He _________ all of the ingredients
10) She _________ water on the plants.
a. mixed
b. helped a. sprayed
b. spraied
Quiz 1 Answers Quiz 2 Answers
1) c. crossed 1) b. walked
2) a. brushed 2) b. watched
3) b. carried 3) a. played
4) a. spied 4) b. kissed
5) a. worried 5) a. mixed
6) b. enjoyed 6) b. pushed
7) b. tripped 7) b. tossed
8) a. learned 8) b. fried
9) b. cooked 9) b. bullied
10) c. dipped 10) a. sprayed

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Directions: Fill in the blanks with either "were" or "was"

1) I __________ hungry.
12) It __________ cold.
2) They __________ not here.
13) You __________ not a plumber.
3) You __________ alone.
14) It __________ not an animal.
4) She __________ not short.

5) He __________ tall. Directions: Rewrite each sentence using

the word "not"
6) I __________ not scared.
1) I was tired.
7) She __________ a doctor.
2) I was a construction worker.
8) He __________ not a lawyer.
3) She was disappointed.
9) We __________ angry.
4) He was a friend.
10) They __________ late.
5) It was windy.
11) We __________ not surprised.

Quiz 1 Answers 11) were

1) was 12) was
2) were 13) were
3) were 14) was
4) was
5) was Quiz 2 Answers
6) was 1) I was not tired.
7) was 2) I was not a construction worker.
8) was 3) She was not disappointed.
9) were 4) He was not a friend.
10) were 5) It was not windy
.

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Directions: What is the past tense form of each word?

1) Freeze 6) Drive

2) Give 7) Begin

3) Plant 8) Ask

4) Bake 9) Grow

5) Listen 10) Know

Directions: What is the past tense form of each word?

1) Laugh: __________ 6) Solve: __________

2) Learn: __________ 7) See: __________

3) Wash: __________ 8) Speak: __________

4) Cook: __________ 9) Draw: __________

5) Watch: __________ 10) Fly: __________

Quiz 1 Answers
1) b. froze Quiz 2 Answers
2) b. gave 1) laughed
3) a. planted 2) learned
4) a. baked 3) washed
5) a. listened 4) cooked
6) b. drove 5) watched
7) b. began 6) solved
8) a. asked 7) saw
9) b. grew 8) spoke
10) b. knew 9) drew
10) flew

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Directions: Select the correct sentence.

1) a. I am going to stay home last night. b. I ride the bus to work everyday next week.
b. I stayed home last night.
4) a. I will be in 10th grade last year.
2) a. I am going to eat dinner in 30 minutes. b. I was in 10th grade last year.
b. I eating dinner in 30 minutes.
5) a. I am going to travel around the world next year.
3) a. I will ride the bus to work everyday next week. b. I traveled around the world next year.

Directions: Choose the correct answer.

1) Person A: Are you going to write a book? 4) Person A: Will you dance with me?

Person B: Yes, I __________ a book. Person B: No, I __________with you.

a. am going to write a. will not dance

b. is going to write b. will dance
c. am not going to write c. am willing to dance

2) Person A: Will you help me? 5) Person A: Are you going to visit your
friend?
Person B: Yes, I __________you.
Person B: No, I __________my friend.
a. will not help
b. will help a. willn't visit
c. help b. will visit
c. am not going to visit
3) Person A: Are you going to buy that
house? 6) Person A: Will you marry me?

Person B: No, I __________ that house. Person B: Yes, I __________you.

a. am going to buy a. will not marry

b. am not going to buy b. will marry
c. aren't going to buy c. is going to marry

Quiz 1 Answers Quiz 2 Answers

1) B 1) a. am going to write
2) A 2) b. will help
3) A 3) b. am not going to buy
4) B 4) a. will not dance
5) A 5) c. am not going to visit
6) b. will marry

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Directions: Choose the correct answer.

1) Someone asks if you would like some 5) Someone helps you with your grocery
coffee. You would like a cup of coffee. You bags. You say:
say:
a. No, thanks.
a. Yes, please. b. Thank you!
b. Please do.
6) Your friend is babysitting your child. You
2) You're stuck in a tree! You yell: want to show appreciation. You say:

a. No, please. a. Thank you very much.

b. Please help me! b. No, thanks.

3) You're running to the elevator and the 7) The host offers you a glass of wine. You
door is closing. You say: don't drink alcohol. You say:
a. Go, please. a. Thank you very much.
b. Hold the elevator, please. b. No, thank you.

4) Your little brother keeps bugging you. 8) You're sick and hungry. Your roommate
You tell him: brings you food. You say:
a. Please stop! a. Thank you for bringing me dinner.
b. Please do. b. Thank you for ignoring me.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with either "please" or "thank you"

1) __________ visit us again soon. 6) __________ for the beautiful flowers.

2) Could you __________ turn down the 7) Come here, __________ .

music?
8) Could you __________ pass the mashed
3) __________ for coming to my party. potatoes?

4) Call me, __________ . 9) No, __________ . I am full.

5) __________ very much. 10) __________ . I had a lot of fun too.

Quiz 1 Answers Quiz 2 Answers

1) a. Yes, please. 1) Please
2) b. Please help me! 2) please
3) b. Hold the elevator, please. 3) Thank you
4) a. Please stop! 4) please
5) b. Thank you! 5) Thank you
6) a. Thank you very much. 6) Thank you
7) b. No, thank you. 7) please
8) a. Thank you for bringing me dinner. 8) please
9) thank you
10) Thank you

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