UNIT 3 GRAMMAR

Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs do not add -ed to form the past tense or the past participle. Memorize irregular verbs or use a dictionary.

Present Tense begin, begins break, breaks choose, chooses come, comes do, does find, finds give, gives go, goes see, sees speak, speaks take, takes tell, tells throw, throws write, writes

Past Tense began broke chose came did found gave went saw spoke took told threw wrote

Past Participle with has, have or had begun broken chosen come done found given gone seen spoken taken told thrown written

Write the past tense and the past participle for each verb. Use the helping verb has with each past participle. 1. go 2. begin 3. give 4. write 5. choose 6. tell 7. speak 8. find

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Read each sentence. Write P if the underlined verb is in the past tense. Write PP if it shows the past participle. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Ernest Lawrence Thayer wrote about Casey. I have chosen this as one of my favorite poems. Do you think mighty Casey ever broke his baseball bat? My uncle has broken his bat once or twice. We went to the championship game last week. I saw my cousin hit a home run last week. The coach gave her the ball as a souvenir. I have found a special box for her to keep the ball in.

Write the correct form of the verb in ( ) to complete each sentence. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. The pitcher (has gone, go) into the dugout. Then the batter (speak, spoke) to the umpire. Soon, the crowd (begin, began) to holler and chant. Then Mom (do, did) a silly thing. She (take, took) off her baseball cap and tossed it into the air! I (have seen, see) Mom do wacky things like this before. A man (found, find) the cap eight rows away and brought it to Mom. She (tell, told) him to keep it! Mom (has given, given) away about ten caps this way. I (have written, has written) a poem about my mom, the cap lady.

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Review and Assess
Read each sentence. Write P if the underlined verb is in the past tense. Write PP if it shows the past participle. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Our coach spoke at the annual team dinner. He has written an article for the town newspaper also. I told my sister that she is lucky to be on his team. She has done very well in baseball so far. My parents and I have gone to all her games this season. The league has chosen her to be the most valuable player this year. Maybe you saw her picture in the teams yearbook.

Write the letter of the verb that correctly completes each sentence. 8. We _____ our friends from England to a baseball game last month. A taken B took C has taken D takes

9. They _____ to football and hockey games before. A have gone B goes C gone D has gone

10. Nicole _____ a letter about the game to her friends back in England. A write B has written C have written D written

11. After the game, she _____ a team T-shirt for her dad. A chosen B have chose C chose D have chosen

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