Verb tenses
Read the sentence and pick the right form of the verb. A free game for grades 5 and 6.
How to play
- A sentence with a blank appears, with the verb in brackets.
- Your child picks the right form out of three.
- Each right answer on the first try wins a star. A game has 10 sentences.
What your child learns
- Verb forms with every pronoun
- Present, past, continuous and future
- Irregular verbs: go, make, buy, do
Examples from the game
- She goes to school every day.
- They played football yesterday.
- I am writing a letter now.
- He has a big dog.
- We are happy.
- Tomorrow, I will visit my grandma.
- Yesterday, she made a cake.
- My cat likes milk.
Parent and teacher card
- Age
- Ages 10 to 11
- Level
- Grades 5 and 6
- Topic
- Letters and reading
- Length
- 10 questions, about 5 minutes
- Skills
- Verb forms with every pronoun · Present, past, continuous and future · Irregular verbs: go, make, buy, do
- At home
- After each answer, ask your child to change the subject and use the verb again: "she goes" → "they go".
- In class
- show the game on the board and ask pupils to read the choices out loud before voting on the answer.