CBSE Class 5 English Verbs Assignment

PROBLEM 1

An incorrect or missing verb ending

tense We talk yesterday for more than an hour.

tense They sail last month for Barbados.

tense Sally and James land at the airport yesterday.

SOLUTION

We talked yesterday for more than an hour.

They sailed last month for Barbados.

Sally and James landed at the airport yesterday.

To form the past tense and the past participle, add -ed to a regular verb.
 

PROBLEM 2

An improperly formed irregular verb

tense Our hair clinged to us in the humid weather.

tense Trent drinked all the orange juice.

tense The evening breeze blowed the clouds away.

SOLUTION

Our hair clung to us in the humid weather.

Trent drank all the orange juice.

The evening breeze blew the clouds away.

Irregular verbs vary in their past and past participle forms. Look up the ones you are not sure of. Consider memorizing them if you feel it is necessary.

PROBLEM 3

Confusion between a verb’s past form and its past participle

tense Helen has took first place in the marathon.

SOLUTION

Helen has taken first place in the marathon.

Use the past participle form of an irregular verb, and not its past form, when you use the auxiliary verb have.
 

Verbs

1. A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement. A verb will fit one or more of these sentences:
He _________.          We _________.       She ________ it.
He knows.                We walk.                  She sees it.

2. An action verb tells what someone or something does. The two types of action verbs are transitive and intransitive. A transitive verb is followed by a word or words—called the direct object—that answer the question what? or whom? An intransitive verb is not followed by a word that answers what? or whom?
Transitive: The tourists saw the ruins.                  The janitor washed the window.
Intransitive: Owls hooted during the night.          The children played noisily.

3. An indirect object receives what the direct object names.
Marcy sent her brother a present.

4. A linking verb links, or joins, the subject of a sentence with an adjective or a noun.
The trucks were red. (adjective)
She became an excellent swimmer. (noun)

5. A verb phrase consists of a main verb and all its auxiliary, or helping, verbs.
We had been told of his arrival.
They are listening to a symphony.

6. Verbs have four principal parts or forms: base, past, present participle, and past participle. Form the past and past participle by adding -ed to the base.
Base: I talk.             Present Participle:         I am talking.
Past: I talked.          Past Participle:              I have talked.

7. Irregular verbs form the past and past participle in other ways.

PRINCIPAL PARTS OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Base Form be beat become begin bite blow break bring catch choose come do draw drink drive eat fall feel find fly freeze get give go grow hang hang have know lay lead lend let lie lose put ride ring rise run say see set shrink sing sit speak spring steal swim take tear tell think throw wear win write

Past Form was, were beat became began bit blew broke brought caught chose came did drew drank drove ate fell felt found flew froze got gave went grew hung hanged had knew laid led lent let lay lost put rode rang rose ran said saw set shrank or shrunk sang sat spoke sprang or sprung stole swam took tore told thought threw wore won wrote

Past Participle been beaten become begun bitten orbit blown broken brought caught chosen come done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen felt found flown frozen got or gotten given gone grown hung hanged had known laid led lent let lain lost put ridden rung risen run said seen set shrunk or shrunken sung sat spoken sprung stolen swum taken torn told thought thrown worn won written

8. The principal parts are used to form six verb tenses. The tense of a verb expresses time.

Simple Tenses
Present Tense:         She speaks. (present or habitual action)
Past Tense:              She spoke. (action completed in the past)
Future Tense:           She will speak. (action to be done in the future)

Perfect Tenses
Present Perfect Tense: She has spoken. (action just done or still in effect)
Past Perfect Tense: She had spoken. (action completed before some other past action)
Future Perfect Tense: She will have spoken. (action to be completed before some future time)

9. Progressive forms of verbs are made up of a form of be and a present participle and express a continuing action. Emphatic forms are made up of a form of do and a base form and add emphasis or ask questions.
Progressive: Marla is babysitting.           The toddlers have been napping for an hour.
Emphatic: They do prefer beef to pork.
We did ask for a quiet table.

10. The voice of a verb shows whether the subject performs the action or receives the action of the verb. A sentence is in the active voice when the subject performs the action. A sentence is in the passive voice when the subject receives the action of the verb.
The robin ate the worm. (active)
The worm was eaten by the robin. (passive)

Q1. Identify and underline the verbs in the following sentence:

a. The girl is sleeping soundly in her bed.

b. I don’t think you tried hard for your exams.

c. The students spoke politely with their teacher.

d. Yesterday, I went to the park.

e. The carpenters are making a boat.

f. We studied hard for the final examination.

g. The doctors did their best to save the patient’s life.

h. Some people light a bonfire.

i. He is selling fruits and vegetables.

j. We are listening to our favourite songs.

Q2. Identify subjects and objects in the following sentence:

Subject Object

a. Mrs Adil wrote a poem. . __________________ _________________

b. Harry sent a letter today __________________ _________________

c. Mr Tariq can bake good cakes. _______________ ____________________

d. The mother scolded her daughter. ________________ ___________________

e. The minister has purchased a brand new car._______________ ________________

Q3. Complete the following sentence by adding suitable objects.

a. Parents love their___________________.

b. Haris was riding a ___________________.

c. Rajni closed the _____________________.

d. The hunter killed a____________________.

e. The teacher taught us_________________.

Q4. Frame meaningful sentence using following verbs:

a. watch

_________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

b. begin_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

c. sent

_________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Q5. Choose the appropriate helping verb to complete the following sentence.

a. More meteors _______________ (is, am, are) visible after midnight.

b. My sister feels that she has to interrupt me when I _________________ ( is , am, are) on the telephone.

c. My friend does not like green beans, and she feels uneasy when she

_____________ ( is ,am ,are) made to eat them.
 

Irregular Verbs I

Verbs that do not form their past and past participle by adding the ending -ed are called irregular verbs. With some irregular verbs, one vowel changes in the past form and past participle.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
begin	began	begun
drink	drank	drunk
sing	sang	sung
swim	swam	swum

 

With other irregular verbs, the past form and the past participle are the same.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
bring	brought	brought
buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
feel	felt	felt
lay	laid	laid
leave	left	left
make	made	made
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
teach	taught	taught
think	thought	thought

 

• Exercise 1 Write in the blank the past form of the verb in parentheses.

After school, Lisa [ left her books in the library. (leave)

1. Jack [ slept in the green tent. (sleep)

2. Martin [ won the essay contest. (win)

3. She [ taught me how to do a cartwheel. (teach)

4. Each cast member [ made a costume. (make)

5. We [ swam the length of the pool twice. (swim)

6. The telephone [ rang while I was in the shower. (ring)

7. Thomas [ sold his old skateboard. (sell)

8. After ten minutes, we [ caught up. (catch)

9. Paul [ lost his watch somewhere at school. (lose)

10. Carla [ felt ready for the math test. (feel)

11. José [ paid for two tickets. (pay)

12. My mother [ lent me two dollars. (lend)

13. She [ kept her rock collection on the top shelf. (keep)

14. Carl [ brought the yellow poster board. (bring)

15. Tara [ bought one book for each child. (buy)

16. The demonstration [ began at precisely two o’clock. (begin)

• Exercise 2 Write in the blank the past participle of the verb in parentheses.

Enzo’s team has [ won three games. (win)

1. My mother has [ swum across the lake several times. (swim)

2. I have [ shrunk my favorite sweater. (shrink)

3. Carmela has [ taught me a new song. (teach)

4. This phone hasn’t [ rung at all today. (ring)

5. I had [ thought it would be sunny on Saturday. (think)

6. Andrew has [ lost three umbrellas this year. (lose)

7. She had [ felt it was the best choice. (feel)

8. Kim’s father has [ caught a bigger trout. (catch)

9. Gina had [ laid her clean clothes in the suitcase. (lay)

10. Zoe has [ made sure that someone will be hom (make)

11. She believed the dog had [ slept all day. (sleep)

12. A new baseball season has [ begun . (begin)

13. Nathan has [ sat in the back seat all day. (sit)

14. Courtney’s grandmother had [ kept all of her artwork. (keep)

15. The screen door has [ swung open three times today. (swing)

16. Jan has [ brought us some delicious oatmeal raisin cookies. (bring)
 

Irregular Verbs II

With some irregular verbs, the past form ends in -ew, and the past participle ends in -wn.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
blow	blew	blown
draw	drew	drawn
fly	flew	flown
grow	grew	grown
know	knew	known

With other irregular verbs, the base form, past form, and past participle are all the same.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
cut	cut	cut
let	let	let

With others, the past form and the past participle do not follow any pattern.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
be	was, were	been
do	did	done
go	went	gone
wear	wore	worn

• Exercise 1 Write in the blank the past form of the irregular verb in parentheses.

Ms. Chandra’s class [ grew tomatoes. (grow)

1. Aunt Karin [ cut my hair last night. (cut)

2. The wind [ blew down four trees. (blow)

3. She [ wore her hair in a braid. (wear)

4. My mother [ let me spend the night at Sandra’s house. (let)

5. Miriam [ knew all the answers. (know)

6. Tom [ tore up lettuce for the salad. (tear)

7. Damon [ was the first to eat all the berries he picked. (be)

8. My brother [ grew five inches last year. (grow)

9. I [ cut out only recent photos. (cut)

10. She [ let me borrow her necklace. (let)

11. All three of us [ went to the same doctor. (go)

12. Kareem’s mother [ flew to Los Angeles on business. (fly)

13. His baby sister [ tore a page out of the book. (tear)

14. Melinda [ wore my green dress to the wedding. (wear)

15. I [ knew the name of the main character. (know)

16. Ms. Pritchard [ blew up a balloon for the experiment. (blow)

17. Keith [ went swimming on Saturday. (go)

18. He [ did the same problem twice. (do)

19. Mikki [ wore a wool sweater over her blouse. (wear)

20. He [ cut his finger making lunch. (cut)

• Exercise 2 Underline the word in parentheses that best completes each sentence.

Charlie has (drew, drawn) a line down the middle of the driveway.

1. We have (blew, blown) out the candles.

2. I wish I had (did, done) that last year.

3. We (knew, known) most of the answers.

4. She has (drew, drawn) a name out of the hat.

5. David (wore, worn) his favorite sweatshirt twice this week.

6. Jim has (wore, worn) his new boots before.

7. Kelly has (tore, torn) open all her presents.

8. Katie had (drew, drawn) two other pictures.

9. She (did, done) a spectacular job.

10. Our class has (went, gone) to the art museum before.

11. She has (knew, known) my parents for a long time.

12. He had (threw, thrown) the boomerang across the park.

13. My father had (went, gone) grocery shopping on Thursday.

14. This plant has (grew, grown) an inch since yesterday.
 

Irregular Verbs III

With some irregular verbs, the base form and the past participle are the same

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
become	became	become
come	came	come
run	ran	run

With other irregular verbs, the past participle ends in -en.

BASE FORM	PAST FORM	PAST PARTICIPLE
bite	bit	bitten or bit
break	broke	broken
choose	chose	chosen
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
give	gave	given
ride	rode	ridden
rise	rose	risen
see	saw	seen
speak	spoke	spoken
steal	stole	stolen
take	took	taken
write	wrote	written

• Exercise 1 Write in the blank the past participle of the irregular verb in parentheses.

With the snow melting, mud has [ become a problem. (become)

1. Wayne had [ spoken loud enough for everyone to hear. (speak)

2. We had [ run around the track twice. (run)

3. Ted had [ come home on the late bus. (come)

4. My uncle has [ become a vegetarian. (become)

5. My mother had [ driven most of the way. (drive)

6. Keisha has [ seen a deer in her yard. (see)

7. The temperature has [ risen this afternoon. (rise)

8. At camp, Diana had [ ridden a horse for the first time. (ride)

9. Someone has [ broken the popcorn popper. (break)

10. Michelle has [ spoken to Mr. Dietz about the science fair. (speak)

11. We have [ eaten all the potato salad. (eat)

12. Tom has [ chosen the music for the program. (choose)

13. Most of the leaves have [ fallen off my poinsettia. (fall)

14. Hannah has [ written a letter to her great-grandmother. (write)

15. Marc’s new puppy has [ bit or bitten him twice. (bite)

16. We had [ given the server our order half an hour before the food arrived. (give)

• Exercise 2 Complete each sentence by changing the verb in parentheses to the form indicated.

Smoke [ rose from the chimney. (past/rise)

1. The kitten [ grew faster than I expected. (past/grow)

2. Three inches of rain have [ fallen . (past participle/fall)

3. The whistle [ blew at noon and six o’clock. (past/blow)

4. We have [ chosen our classes for next semester. (past participle/choose)

5. Maria [ did more work than anyone else. (past/do)

6. She has [ done that every week. (past participle/do)

7. The geese [ flew away. (past/fly)

8. The Lightfoots have [ eaten dinner. (past participle/eat)

9. I [ came ten minutes early. (past/come)

10. Abraham has [ grown pumpkins to sell. (past participle/grow)

11. We have [ chosen a class president. (past participle/choose)

12. Phil [ saw a moon rock at the museum. (past/see)

13. The president [ threw out the first ball. (past/throw)

14. We have [ driven through two states today. (past participle/drive)

15. In art class, we [ drew pictures of dragons. (past/draw)

16. Perry and Daniel have [ become excellent athletes. (past participle/become)