Exercises on verbs for 6th grade (with feedback)

Answer the exercises below, check the answers and learn more about verbs with the comments on each one.

question 1

Indicate the sentence that expresses a past tense.

a) By the end of the week, I will have studied all the content for the test.

b) Oh, when he hears your music...

c) I will arrive as soon as possible.

d) Nobody believes that I studied for the test.

Answer explained

In the sentence "I've been studying and I'm already feeling more prepared for the test.", the nominal form "I've been studying" belongs to the perfect compound subjunctive tense, which indicates an action that has already been completed.

The remaining sentences express future actions:

a) By the end of the week, I will have studied all content for the test. (future present tense indicative)

b) Oh, when he hear your music... (future subjunctive)

w) I will arrive ASAP. (future present indicative)

question 2

Remove from the text the verb forms that express present and past tense.

"Languages cross the deep seas and, with the force of the tides, reach the beaches. They merge with the sand and join the land where there were already people speaking other words, as if they were waves. We can then speak of “wave-words”. Over time, the words “land” in distant landscapes and “breathe” new air. The wind blows here and there, scattering different sounds. The syllables echo in the open scenarios creating unexpected combinations."

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(Words to the Sea, by Claudia Nina and illustrations by Laura Athayde. Account for Me Program, by the Literacy Secretariat)

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Gift:

crossing (3rd person plural of the verb crossing in the present tense)
arrive (3rd person plural of the verb to arrive in the present tense)
confuse (3rd person plural of the verb confuse in the present tense)
join (3rd person plural of the verb to join in the present tense)
pode (2nd person plural of the verb Poder in the present tense)
pousam (3rd person plural of the verb pousar in the present tense)
breathe (3rd person plural of the verb to breathe in the present tense)
blow (3rd person singular of the verb blow in the present tense)
ecoam (3rd person plural of the verb ecoar in the present tense)

Preterite (past):

there were (3rd person singular of the verb to be in the imperfect tense of the indicative mood)
were (3rd person plural of the verb to be in the imperfect tense of the subjunctive mood)

question 3

Rewrite the sentence below in the future tense.

Languages cross the deep seas and, with the force of the tides, reach the beaches.

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the languages would cross the deep seas and, with the force of the tides, would arrive the beaches.

The future of the past tense indicates an event that could have happened after a past situation.

Future of the past tense of the verb to cross: I would cross, you would cross, he would cross, we would cross, you would cross, they would cross.

Future tense of the verb to arrive: I would arrive, you would arrive, he would arrive, we would arrive, you would arrive, they would arrive.

question 4

Remove the verb forms from the text and group the verbs according to their conjugation (1st, 2nd and 3rd). Follow the example.

"The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that someone would find out. They thought they couldn't stand it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley, but had not seen each other for many years; actually Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because she and her good-for-nothing husband were the least resembling the Dursleys possible." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

1st conjugation:
2nd conjugation: had (ter), wanted (wantser)
3rd conjugation:

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1st conjugation: thought (achair), endure (endureair)
2nd conjugation: had (ter), wanted (wantser), was (ser), saw (ver), there was (haveer), had (ter), were (ser)
3rd conjugation: find out (find out)go), would (go), pretended (pretendgo)

question 5

Indicate the tense and mood of the highlighted verbs in the text below.

"The escape of the Brazilian boa constrictor surrendered Harry his longest punishment. By the time he was allowed to come out of the closet, summer vacation was already over. had started and Dudley had already broken the new camcorder, crashed the model airplane, and the first time she rode the racing bike, knocked old Mrs. Figg when she crossed Privet Drive on crutches." (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

a) past perfect indicative, pluperfect compound indicative, past imperfect indicative

b) present subjunctive, imperfect indicative, past indicative

c) present tense, pluperfect compound tense of indicative, imperfect tense of indicative

d) imperfect subjunctive, imperfect indicative, imperfect indicative

Answer explained

The perfect tense of the indicative (rendeu) indicates an action that happened and ended in the past.

The pluperfect compound tense of the indicative (had begun) indicates an action that happened before another past action.

The imperfect tense of the indicative (crossed) indicates a past action, but with an idea of continuity.

question 6

Which of the following phrases indicates a completed action?

a) I swam every day.

b) I just didn't swim yesterday.

c) I would swim if I wasn't hurt.

d) He trained in the morning and at night.

Answer explained

In the phrase "I just didn't swim yesterday.", the verb nadar is conjugated in the past perfect tense of the indicative mood.

As for the remaining sentences:

The) swam every day. (imperfect indicative tense)

w) would swim if you weren't hurt. (future of past tense

d) trained in the morning and in the night. (imperfect indicative tense)

question 7

Indicate the tense and the way in which the verb to achieve is conjugated.

when I get it

when you get

when he gets

when we get

when you get

when they get

a) present tense in the indicative mood

b) past perfect tense of the indicative

c) future subjunctive

d) imperfect subjunctive tense

Answer explained

The future subjunctive indicates events that have not yet happened, giving an idea of possibility.

question 8

Find the alternative whose verb form does not correspond to the indicated tense and mood.

a) They will play football the day after tomorrow. (future present, indicative mood)

b) When he reads… (future subjunctive)

c) Let him read! (present subjunctive)

d) We went for a walk every day in the last vacation. (present tense)

Answer explained

Although the verb form “we went for a walk” also belongs to the present tense, “on our last vacation” indicates that it is a past action.

In this case, "passeamos" belongs to the perfect tense of the indicative.

question 9

Complete the sentences with the indicated noun forms.

a) The winners were ____________________ by the public. (participle of applaud)
b) For ____________________, we need to break a sweat. (personal infinitive of the verb win)
c) I heard someone ____________________ at the gate. (gerund of the verb call)
d) Maybe he already has ____________________. (participle of the verb arrive)
e) He left the room almost ____________________ laughing. (gerund of the verb cry)

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a) The winners were applauded by the public.
b) to we win, we need to break a sweat.
c) I heard someone calling at the gate.
d) Maybe he already has arrived.
e) Left the room almost crying from laughing so much.

question 10

In which of the alternatives are the highlighted verbs NOT in the imperative?

dwarf jump before I count to 3.

b) I will not jump. skip you.

c) that he jump whenever you feel like it.

d) no jump! Neighbors will complain.

Answer explained

In the sentence "May he jump whenever he feels like it.", the verb is conjugated in the present subjunctive:

let me jump

that you jump he jumps that we jump that you jump that they jump

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