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5.1b Form and use the perfect tense
Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 3
Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Choosing Between Simple, Progressive, & Perfect Tenses 4
Students practice choosing between simple past, simple present, simple future, past progressive, present progressive, future progressive, past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect tenses by filling in the blank with one of the provided options.
Lesson 1: Present Perfect Tense
Students learn to use the present perfect form (e.g. have eaten). This is lesson 1 of 2 in the perfect tense lesson series.
Lesson 2: Past Perfect Tense
Students learn to use the past perfect form (e.g. had eaten). This is lesson 2 of 2 in the perfect tense lesson series.
Present Perfect (Follow-Up for Lesson 1)
Simple Past vs. Present Perfect 1
Students will fill in the blanks with the past or present perfect form of the provided verb.
5.1b Use past participles
Been & Eaten 1
Students rewrite sentences, changing "be" and "ate" to their participle form.
Gone, Lost, & Made 1
Students practice writing irregular past tense verbs by rewriting sentences, changing the underlined present tense verb to past tense.
5.1d Recognize and correct shifts in verb tense
Proofreading Verb Tenses - How Does AI Create Images?
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - How Does AI "Hear" Audio?
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - How Does AI "Read" Language?
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - How Does AI "See" Images?
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - How Does AI "Write" Language?
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - Microscopic Water Bears
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - Peregrine Falcons
Students choose the correct verb tense from the underlined choices throughout a text.
Proofreading Verb Tenses - Tsunami Warning Systems
Students correct verb consistency errors within a text.
5.1e Correlative conjunctions
Either/Or 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding "either" in the appropriate places.
Either/Or, Neither/Nor, & Both/And 1
Students practice using correlative conjunctions by combining sentences. Students are provided the correct joining words to use on each prompt.
Not Only/But Also 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding "not only" and "but also" to the appropriate places.
5.2a Use colons and commas in a list
Colons & Commas in a List 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding colons and commas to lists.
Listing Objects 3
Students practice listing objects by combining 3 sentences.
Proofreading Commas & Colons in Lists - Baking a Cake
Students add commas and colons to lists throughout a text.
5.2b Use commas after introductory words
Commas after Introductory Prepositional Phrases 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding commas after introductory prepositional phrases.
Commas with However & Still 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding commas after "however" and "still."
Proofreading Commas after Introductory Words - A Snow Day
Students add commas after introductory words throughout a text.
Proofreading Commas - Day of the Dead
Students find and correct a variety of errors within a text.
Proofreading Comma Usage - Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Students find and correct a variety of comma errors within a text.
5.2c Use a comma to set off the words "yes" and "no"
Commas with Yes & No 1
Students rewrite sentences, adding commas in the appropriate places.