Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Mother is buying eggs and flour at the

store yesterday. She’s going to use them to make pancakes for breakfast. We already have butter and milk.

A. buyed

B. buys

C. bought

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” My brother is bigger and older than I. He

went to school on the bus. He delivers newspapers in the afternoon. He plays ball at the park on Saturdays.

A. go

B. goes

C. will go

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Oh, how Jane wished she could whistle! She

sees a boy playing with his dog. Whenever the boy whistled, the dog ran straight to him. Jane tried and tried to whistle, but she couldn’t.

A. see

B. saw

C. is seeing

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a

leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and --pop!--out of the egg come a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. He started to look for some food.

A. came

B. comes

C. is coming

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Turkeys eats lots of ordinary bird food such

as seeds, berries, and insects, but they don't stop there. They also gulp down frogs and lizards, salamanders and snakes, grapes and grass, and even crabs and cactus fruits.

A. are eating

B. ate

C. eat

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” It was the middle of July when we drove way up

into the mountains and backpacked up a creek. The banks were lined with poison oak. So we waded through the cold water - hip deep for my parents, chest deep for us -our backpacks balanced on our heads.

A. drive

B. driven

C. were driving

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Norbert Wu's coworkers are fish. Instead of

putting on a business suit and driving to an office, this underwater photographer is putting on scuba gear and dives into the ocean. Norbert travels around the world of strange, beautiful, and even dangerous creatures.

A. put

B. puts

C. was putting

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Grace Marshall is quiet. I am loud. Grace

Marshall likes to listed to stories. I like to tell them. Grace Marshall is neat. I am messy. We’re best friends because we’re so different.

A. like

B. is liking

C. liked

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” There once lived a group of penguins in a nice

icy land. One was Goodly, one was Lovely, one was Angel, one was Neatly, one was Perfect. And one was Tacky. Tacky is the odd bird. When they grow old enough, Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, Perfect, and Tacky went to school.

A. growed

B. grew

C. will grow

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” It was a hot day. So Mr. Brown took his

family to the swimming pool. Sam and Jane jumped right in. They swim all the way to the other end of the pool. Then they raced back. Grandpa jumped in. Then he jumped up and down.

A. are swimming

B. swam

C. will swim

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Soon everybody in the neighborhood knew

about the elephant. Many people are going with Nilu back to the ditch. The elephant was still there. It was still upside down. Uncle Shardul looked worried. “An elephant needs to stand on its feet or it will die,” he said. “We'll have to pull him out!”

A. go

B. went

C. is going

D. correct the way it is

Read the paragraph. Look at the underlined words in each sentence. If there is a mistake, choose the correct verb form. If there is no mistake, choose “correct the way it is.” Our waiter was very tall and thin. He look like

he could eat ten dinners at once and they would just disappear inside him. He probably knew the right way to wear his belt for getting hungry. When he brought us menus, I scrunched my neck around so I could see his belt. It was very loose! I loosened mine three notches. Right away I felt hungry

A. is looking

B. looked

C. looks

D. correct the way it is