Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Food for Plants
Rules for Forming the Tenses of Verbs
Verbs

Plants use sunlight and water and minerals from the soil to make food. What is this process called?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Find the verb. Decide if the verb is in the past, the present, or the future tense. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.

1. Most plants make their own food.

A. Past

E. Present

J. Future

2. They need the energy of sunlight.

I. Past

Y. Present

R. Future

3. Our class studied plants last week.

N. Past

C. Present

T. Future

4. We grew bean plants in class.

I. Past

Y. Present

T. Future

5. Next we will study animals in science.

U. Past

I. Present

T. Future

6. I like learning about things in nature.

T. Past

O. Present

K. Future

7. Maybe someday I will be a scientist.

E. Past

A. Present

P. Future

8. My brother wanted to be a scientist, too.

H. Past

O. Present

I. Future

9. Now he plans to become a doctor.

N. Past

S. Present

L. Future