Searching Everywhere - Two Special Verbs: Be and Have - Verbs

Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Searching Everywhere
Two Special Verbs: Be and Have
Verbs

According to researchers, the average American spends a lot of time during his or her life looking for things. How much time is this?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Decide if the verbs are used correctly. If a sentence is correct, write the letter for correct in the space above its number at the bottom of the page. If a sentence is incorrect, write the letter for incorrect. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. Paulo is always misplacing things.

N. Correct

W. Incorrect

2. Last month he has lost the keys to his house.

E. Correct

U. Incorrect

3. He were searching everywhere for them.

M. Correct

T. Incorrect

4. He have never lost his keys before.

O. Correct

E. Incorrect

5. Unlike Paulo, his sister and brother be very responsible.

N. Correct

B. Incorrect

6. They have never lost anything important.

O. Correct

I. Incorrect

7. Yesterday Paulo has misplaced his math homework.

H. Correct

R. Incorrect

8. His brother and sister were helping him look for it.

Y. Correct

O. Incorrect

9. Paulo’s homework was in his science book.

A. Correct

T. Incorrect

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