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Grade 5 · Week 19 of 36

Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts

22 sentences · Monday to Friday · this week: Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts

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Grade 5, week 19: Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts

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Monday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.Dad will dry some boots on Friday
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.Will Dad plant corn
  3. Choose the right word.The seals ____ eaten the fish. (has / have)
  4. Choose the earlier act with had.The painter painted the fences after the workers ____ them. (has fixed / had fixed / had fix)

Tuesday

  1. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.Nurses help children
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The lion the zebra and the elephant drank some water.
  3. Choose the right word.____ Dad chopped wood? (have / has)
  4. Choose the earlier act with had.The girl unwrapped the present after Mom ____ it. (had wrap / had wrapped / has wrapped)
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Grade 5, week 19: Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts (continued)

Wednesday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The guest brought the present, the balloon, and the card
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The cats are thirsty so they drink milk.
  3. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.I have tie the ropes.
  4. Choose the earlier act with had.Grandpa ____ holes before he planted peas. (had dig / had dug / has dug)

Thursday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The fence is old so the farmer fixes it.
  2. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.i filled the tub on sunday.
  3. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The sheep has drunk water
  4. Say the earlier act with had.The otter ate the fish after it caught the fish.
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Grade 5, week 19: Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts (continued)

Friday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.will grandma wipe the windows at eight?
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.What will sleep on a pillow
  3. Choose the right word.____ Grandma fed the bird? (has / have)
  4. Say the earlier act with had.The boy unwrapped the present after the girl wrapped it.
  5. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The child can runs fast.
  6. Say it with "has" or "have".The cat hides under a chair.
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Grade 5, week 19: Perfect tenses and Had: the earlier of two past acts · answer key

Monday

  1. OK · correct as it is
  2. Will Dad plant corn?
  3. have
  4. had fixed

Tuesday

  1. Nurses help children.
  2. The lion, the zebra, and the elephant drank some water.
  3. has
  4. had wrapped

Wednesday

  1. OK · correct as it is
  2. The cats are thirsty, so they drink milk.
  3. I have tied the ropes.
  4. had dug

Thursday

  1. The fence is old, so the farmer fixes it.
  2. I filled the tub on Sunday.
  3. OK · correct as it is
  4. The otter ate the fish after it had caught the fish.

Friday

  1. Will Grandma wipe the windows at eight?
  2. OK · correct as it is
  3. has
  4. The boy unwrapped the present after the girl had wrapped it.
  5. The child can run fast.
  6. The cat has hidden under a chair.
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