2nd QUARTER

2nd REVIEW TEST IN LANGUAGE 5

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ___________________

SIMPLE TENSES OF THE VERBS

Underline the verb in each sentence. In the blank before each sentence write past, present, or future.
___________________1. English was not my first language.
___________________2. Teacher Shiena helps Pete teach our class.
___________________3. At Right to Read, Alma and Hilda completed the application form.
___________________4. Raul and Hailu are the men in our class.
___________________5. Two new students will join our class tomorrow.
___________________6. Maria and Eli lived in the United States for many years.
___________________7. Noella’s family in Cameroon misses her.
___________________8. We study English in Pete’s class.
___________________9. The students will participate in all the class activities.
___________________10. I will be a very good English speaker one day.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Box the correct verb in the sentence.
1. Either my father or my brothers (is/are) going to sell the car.
2. Mary and John usually (plays/play) together.
3. The student, as well as his teacher, (was/were) going on the field trip.
4. Both of my roommates (has/have) decided to live in the dorms.
5. Each of the students (is/are) responsible for doing his or her work.
6. Everyone (has/have) done his or her homework.
7. The hard tests (comes/come) at the end of the fall.
8. The slaughter of animals for their fur (has/have) caused controversy.
9. Either the boy or the girls (walk/walks) in the evening.
10. Neither the dogs nor the cat (is/are) very hungry.
11. Neither my sisters nor my mother (is/are) going to sell the house.
12. The samples on the tray in the lab (need/needs) testing.
13. At the end of the fall (comes/come) the hard tests.
14. Both of the dogs (has/have) collars.
15. Either the girls or the boy (walk/walks) in the evening.

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

Write the past and past participle tense of each irregular verb listed below. The first and last ones have been
done for you.

Present Past Past Participle

1. become ________________ ________________
2. catch ________________ ________________
3. fall ________________ ________________
4. feel ________________ ________________
5. find ________________ ________________
6. know ________________ ________________
7. say ________________ ________________
8. tear ________________ ________________
9. write ________________ ________________
10. swim ________________ ________________

PROGRESSIVE TENSE OF THE VERB

Fill in the bubble next to the form of be to match the boldface progressive tense and complete each sentence.

1. Harriet __________________ (present progressive verb) reading the longest book I ever saw!
a. is b. was c. will be
2. Alberta and her family __________________ (present progressive verb) arriving today!
a. will be b. were c. are
 3. Ms. Sherman __________________ (future progressive verb) earning a degree in law.
a. was b. are c. will Be
4. Stanley __________________ (past progressive verb) ripping open the package.
a. will be b. was c. is
5. Mom wants to know who __________________ (future progressive verb) coming to the party.
a. will be b. was c. is
6. Tommy __________________ (future progressive verb) staying home for the rest of the week.
a. is b. will be c. was
7. Too many people __________________ (present progressive verb) trying to work in the kitchen at once.
a. are b. were c. will be
8. Susan __________________ (past progressive verb) buying popcorn, soda, a hot dog, and chips for the  
game.
a. were b. was c. will be
9. Priscilla __________________ (past progressive verb) running for what seems like years.
a. was b. will be c. is
10. My aunt __________________ (present progressive verb) moving to Toronto too!
a. is b. are c. will be

PERFECT TENSE OF THE VERB

Complete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in parentheses.

1. (picked, past perfect) He _______________________ ten bushels before the truck showed up.
2. (talk, past perfect) The manager _______________________ to the pitcher twice by that time.
3. (offer, present perfect) Angelica frequently _______________________ to help.
4. (produce, future perfect) By the end of this writing course, you _______________________ a plot outline and
at least four chapters of your novel.
5. (vote, past perfect) Union members _______________________ before they saw the contract.
6. (clean, future perfect) I _______________________ the whole kitchen by the time Mom returns.
7. (exercise, present perfect) We _______________________ three times this week.
8. (search, present perfect) The rescuers _______________________ the area for hours.
9. (finish, past perfect) We _______________________ our game before the Meteors started theirs.
10. (graduate, future perfect) Margie _______________________ before the spring semester.

PRINCIPAL PARTS OF THE VERBS

Underline the main verb in each sentence. Write present, present participle, past, or past participle to label
the main verbs.

1. They had always gone to a different museum before. ________________________

2. Yesterday they visited an art museum. ________________________
3. The band director is planning the fall musical. ________________________
4. The English teachers had read two new novels. ________________________
5. They had seen a display of Egyptian art at the Egyptian Museum. ________________________
6. The cafeteria monitor talks to the children. ________________________
7. The students are reading about the Renaissance. ________________________
8. The teacher has taught them about the art of that time. ________________________
9. They have learned much about Renaissance painting. ________________________
10. Randy’s class studies world history. ________________________

ACTION VERBS AND BEING VERBS

Read the sentence below. Underline the action verbs and write on the blank provided the being verbs.

1. We will tell others about her achievements. ________________

2. She is not thinking about her fear again. ________________
3. She is becoming a great athlete. ________________
4. Others have expected little from her. ________________
5. No American woman had captured three gold medals at one Olympic. ________________
6. She will surprise everyone. ________________
7. Wilma had weighed only 4 pounds at birth. ________________
 8. They are urging her to run races. ________________
9. She was forgetting all her problems. ________________
10. She has changed sports history. ________________

DIAGRAMMING

Circle the adjectives in each sentence. Then diagram the sentence.

1. The young girl sings well.

2. The big, black crow squawks loudly.

3. The red kangaroo hops.

4. Five fish swam quickly.

5. A bright, colorful rainbow appeared today.