English 4 First Grading Period Miss Charity Esmero

MT4: Conjugating Verbs; Verb Consistency

I. Direction: Fill in the table below with the correct form of the given verbs. (20 pts.)
No. Base Form Present Participle Past Tense Past Participle
1. bear
2. begin
3. burst
4. choose
5. freeze
6. led
7. lay (position)
8. lie (position)
9. shine (the sun/lights)
10. shine (shoes etc.)
11. hang
12. hang (kill)
13. leap
14. strike
15. swell
16. wear
17.  lie (in bed)
18. lie (to not tell the truth)
19. forbid
20. cost

II. Write the correct form of the verb in the parentheses. (10 pts.)
______________1. The two sailors padded to the mast, slashed the rope that bound the bag and (bore) it away.
______________ 2. I am Ulysses. I was there in the Trojan War for ten years and I (take) part in some of that petty
skirmishing.
______________ 3. Ulysses tried to hide his grief as he (stand) on deck, looking eastward toward home which lay
at the other end of the sea.
______________ 4. There is no trial that (do) not shape the soul.
______________ 5. There (be) no inferior education in a school but there
______________ 6. (be) inferior types of student.
______________ 7.To a traveler who is adventurous enough to try strange foods, the world (offer) a variety of
exotic dishes.
______________ 8. The universe acknowledged the truth that a man in possession of a good fortune (be) in want
of a wife.
______________ 9. After trying to rise from the clutches of destruction, man finally realized that war is a waste of
human life.
______________ 10. After the Titans were overthrown, the three gods (divide) the earth among themselves: Zeus,
the sky; Poseidon, the sea; and Hades, the underworld.

III. 1. Complete the figure below. (15 pts.)

Uranus

1. Hundred-handed and 2. 3. 4. 5. Typhon

Fifty-headed monsters

Cronus

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

2. If you were Pandora, would you satisfy your curiosity by opening the box or could you guarantee your
blind obedience with the rule of the gods not to open it? Why? (5 pts)Utilize the back portion of your
paper.
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