Lesson 5: Reading Authors

Self-Check Answers: Verbs

Linking Verbs

1. Marion was a teacher. (linking)
2. The sun disappeared into the azure ocean. (action)
3. I just purchased six tickets to Tokyo. (action)
4. I was there last Wednesday. (linking)
5. Aleena traded her sandwich for a bag of chips. (action)

Main Verbs and Helping Verbs

1. I am going to the zoo with some friends.
2. We had seen the lions and tigers before lunch.
3. The giraffes have been my favorite zoo animals.
4. The monkeys were screeching and howling.
5. We will return next year with our class.

Verb Tense

1. I am going to the zoo with some friends. (present tense)
2. We had seen the lions and tigers before lunch. (past tense)
3. The giraffes are my favorite zoo animals. (present tense)
4. The monkeys were screeching and howling. (past tense)
5. We will return next year with our class. (future tense)

Irregular Verbs

Present	Past	Future	Past participle
am	was	will be	(have) been
drive	drove	will drive	(have) driven
ring	rang	will ring	(have) rung
tear	tore	will tear	(have) torn
throw	threw	will throw	(have) thrown
write	wrote	will write	(have) written