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Grade 5 · Week 4 of 36

Helping verbs and Progressive tenses

22 sentences · Monday to Friday · this week: Helping verbs and Progressive tenses

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Grade 5, week 4: Helping verbs and Progressive tenses

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Monday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.the waiter wiped some tables on friday.
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.I saw the lion
  3. Write the verb in the right form.Will the frogs ____ (eat) insects?
  4. Say it as happening right now.I hold the coats.

Tuesday

  1. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.Were the aprons white
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The driver the officer and the pilot read the map.
  3. Choose the right form of the verb.Grandma is ____. (cheering / cheers / cheer)
  4. Say it as happening right now.Dad orders the sandwich.
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Grade 5, week 4: Helping verbs and Progressive tenses (continued)

Wednesday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The lion the elephant and the zebra drink water.
  2. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The apples were big but the acorns were small.
  3. Choose the right form of the verb.Grandpa has ____ toast. (eaten / eat / eating)
  4. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.The boys were not eat any eggs.

Thursday

  1. Look at the commas. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.Grandma packed the bag, so it was heavy
  2. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.jack will eat a peach on saturday.
  3. Write the verb in the right form.Was the dentist ____ (work) in the office in the morning?
  4. Say it as going on at that time.The bugs crawled on the flowers in the evening.
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Grade 5, week 4: Helping verbs and Progressive tenses (continued)

Friday

  1. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.will meg weigh any pears at three?
  2. Look at the end mark. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right.How was the gardener picking the pumpkin
  3. Write the verb in the right form.The girl has ____ (paint) a picture.
  4. Say it as happening right now.The dogs run.
  5. Choose the right word.Dad ____ fed the turtles. (have / has)
  6. Write the verb in the right form.Have the workers ____ (paint) the fences?
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Grade 5, week 4: Helping verbs and Progressive tenses · answer key

Monday

  1. The waiter wiped some tables on Friday.
  2. I saw the lion.
  3. Will the frogs eat insects?
  4. I am holding the coats.

Tuesday

  1. Were the aprons white?
  2. The driver, the officer, and the pilot read the map.
  3. cheering
  4. Dad is ordering the sandwich.

Wednesday

  1. The lion, the elephant, and the zebra drink water.
  2. The apples were big, but the acorns were small.
  3. eaten
  4. The boys were not eating any eggs.

Thursday

  1. OK · correct as it is
  2. Jack will eat a peach on Saturday.
  3. Was the dentist working in the office in the morning?
  4. The bugs were crawling on the flowers in the evening.

Friday

  1. Will Meg weigh any pears at three?
  2. OK · correct as it is
  3. The girl has painted a picture.
  4. The dogs are running.
  5. has
  6. Have the workers painted the fences?
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