Grammar Picnic
By topic
Verbs
19 topics
Agreement, the past tense, tenses, helping and linking verbs.
Agreement
5 topics- Subject-verb agreementChoose the right word. ____ the clown dance?
- There is, there areChoose the right word. There ____ a duck in the pond.
- Two subjects joined by andChoose the right word. Grandma and the driver ____ the window.
- Every, each, allChoose the verb that goes with every, each or all. All zebras ____.
- Agreement in longer sentencesChoose the right word. The ants ____ little, but the dogs were big.
The past tense
3 topicsTenses and voice
6 topics- Past, present, futureSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.
- Progressive tensesChoose the right word. The friends ____ laughing.
- Perfect tensesChoose the right word. Grandpa ____ planted peas.
- Had: the earlier of two past actsChoose the earlier act with had. Grandma ____ cakes before Mom cut them.
- Will have: done by a time to comeChoose the verb: done by that time. I ____ a flower by midnight.
- Active and passiveStart with the thing that gets the action. The lions chased the zebra.
Helping and linking verbs
5 topics- Do, does, didChoose the right word. Did Jack ____ the presents on Sunday?
- Helping verbsFind the helping verb. The moon will rise.
- Can, may, mustChoose the word for asking "am I allowed to". ____ I pat the dog?
- Looks, feels, soundsChoose the word that tells what it is like. The baby seems ____.
- Want to, like to, try toChoose the right word. Grandpa wanted to ____ the puppy.