Verbs & Tense
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides handouts with examples for a variety of grammatical concepts. Those listed below directly pertain to the study of verbs.
- Irregular Verbs
- Verb tense interactive chart
- Active tenses handout
- Verb tense inconsistency tandout
- Controlling Shifts in Verb Tense
- Tense Consistency Exercises
Verb Tense - A BBC Skillwise guide that includes fact sheets, worksheets, a game, and a quiz.
What a Verb Is, and What Verbs Aren't
"Quick and Dirty Tips" - podcasts from Grammar Girl provide three lessons that relate to the study of verbs.
Using Verbs - A Lesson from the University of Ottawa that covers multiple verb froms.
- Review: Frequently-Confused - a verbs quiz to identify whether the highlighted verb or compound verb is used correctly.
Edufind.com provides a series of Flash-based quizzes related to the study of verbs at the Intermediate-Advanced level.
Verbs - This Tongue Untied lesson also includes the interactive quizzes below.
- Interactive Verb Quiz #1
- Interactive Verb Quiz #2
- Interactive Agreement Quiz #1
- Interactive Agreement Quiz #2
Irregular Verbs and Verb Tense - Interactive exercises from the companion site to Diane Hacker's Rules for Writing, Sixth Edition. Note: Go to the Grammar Exercises section and click the "Cancel" button to enter, or log in if you are enrolled at the site.
Verb Tense Simplified YouTube Video
NetGrammar: Verbs - This site provides ESL/EFL grammar lessons and practice through a great variety of reading, writing and listening activities. Exercise results can be e-mailed to an instructor, or others.
Irregular Verbs - a list of interactive exercises with accompanying handouts from Grammar Bytes. Scroll down the page to find the links to the verb exercises. You will also find Verb Forms & Tense Shift PowerPoints.
Verbs: Different Tenses, Infinitives, Gerunds - Multiple online exercises and quizzes from ESL Blues for pre-intermediate to high-intermediate level English learners.
Grammar Quizzes - An index of ESL grammar exercises on single tense and tense choice, irregular verbs, and modal verb forms from the Frankfurt International School.
Irregular Verbs: First Person Crossword Exercise - A printable crossword puzzle exercise for Grade 9 students to practice their verb conjugation.
