Using Verb Tenses: Grammar Practice (Grade 5) | Printable Skills ... - Free Printable

Problem Overview:

The task involves identifying the verb in each sentence, underlining it, and determining whether the verb tense is present, past, or future. The goal is to ensure that the verb tenses are consistent within the context of the sentences.

Solution:

#### Step-by-Step Analysis of Each Sentence:

1. The instruction truck slows down the street.
- Verb: "slows"
- Tense: Present (describes an ongoing action)
- Consistency: Correct

2. The direct truck pulls over a craft.
- Verb: "pulls"
- Tense: Present (describes an ongoing action)
- Consistency: Correct

3. Files of garbage bags awaited pickup.
- Verb: "awaited"
- Tense: Past (describes an action that has already happened)
- Consistency: Correct

4. People placed these bags out the night before.
- Verb: "placed"
- Tense: Past (describes an action that has already happened)
- Consistency: Correct

5. Soon the trash trucks and recycling bags will be gone.
- Verb: "will be gone"
- Tense: Future (describes an action that will happen)
- Consistency: Correct

6. The truck will drop it off at the landfill.
- Verb: "will drop"
- Tense: Future (describes an action that will happen)
- Consistency: Correct

7. A dozer operator stops and watches the sanitation workers.
- Verbs: "stops" and "watches"
- Tense: Present (both describe ongoing actions)
- Consistency: Correct

8. They hauled the bags to the truck and continued on their route.
- Verbs: "hauled" and "continued"
- Tense: Past (both describe actions that have already happened)
- Consistency: Correct

9. The workers hop into the truck and continued on their route.
- Verbs: "hop" and "continued"
- Tense: "hop" is present, but "continued" is past
- Consistency: Incorrect (mismatch between present and past tenses)

#### Final Answer:
- Sentence 9 is inconsistent because it uses both present ("hop") and past ("continued") tenses. To fix this, you could change "hop" to "hopped" to make both verbs past tense.

Explanation:

- Present Tense: Used for actions happening now or general truths.
- Past Tense: Used for actions that have already happened.
- Future Tense: Used for actions that will happen.

In Sentence 9, the inconsistency arises because "hop" is in the present tense while "continued" is in the past tense. To maintain consistency, both verbs should be in the same tense.

Final Answer Box:

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