Starter quiz

  • Fill in the blank. The __________ tells you the tense of a sentence.
    • verb  ✓
    • noun
    • adverb
    • adjective
    • punctuation
  • Which sentence sounds like its tense is correct when you read it out loud?
    • Yesterday, you knew the answer to that question.  ✓
    • Yesterday, you knows the answer to that question.
    • Yesterday, you will know the answer to that question.
  • Which tense tells us that the action is yet to happen / has not happened yet?
    • 'future tense' ✓
  • Which sentence is in the present tense?
    • They will catch the ball expertly in the game tomorrow.
    • They almost caught the ball in the game last week.
    • They catch the ball every time they play.  ✓
  • Match the person to the perspective.
    • first person
      ⇔
      I / we  ✓
    • second person
      ⇔
      you  ✓
    • third person
      ⇔
      he / she / it / they ✓
  • Which is the best definition of an auxiliary verb?
    • a main verb
    • an imperative verb
    • an adverb verb
    • a helping verb  ✓
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