Thursday, October 30, 2008

Verbs - Present Tense

Part of good writing depends on your verbs. You always want to make sure that you're using the correct tense of the verbs you use so that your message makes sense. If you're talking about something happening now, you would use the present tense. Below are some examples of verbs in present tense.

I shop at the mall.
Sharon wraps the birthday presents.
Taylor and Robert walk their dog.
They prepare the spaghetti dinner.

Try your skills at picking out the correct present tense verb by playing this Quia game that's similar to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". Remember that your verbs will have be in the correct tense and also have the correct subject-verb agreement. Are you ready to give it a try? If so, click here. Come back & report your results by writing a few complete sentences.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I find this game very amusing. I enjoyed myself when I was playing.

Anonymous said...

Every time I played the games I learned more.

Dorothea M.

Anonymous said...

Every time I played the games I learned more.

Dorothea M.

Anonymous said...

mirlene
The game was good I won 1,000:00.

Anonymous said...

mirlene
I did with the present tense.

Anonymous said...

Whow! I won a million dollars.A great game that kept your interest.





Michele T.

Anonymous said...

This game was cool. My 9 year old daughter will enjoy it as well.

Lia Muth

Anonymous said...

I got a 100%, it was a great game. You play and learn at both same time.

Allison