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Riddle puzzle: Verb tenses

Solve each question. Find your answer in the decoder and write its letter in the box. The letters answer the riddle.

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What do you call a number that never stays still?

  1. 1.Write the past tense of "write".
  2. 2.Type the past tense of "lose".
  3. 3.Type the past tense of "throw".
  4. 4.Type the past tense of "build".
  5. 5.Write the past tense of "hide".
  6. 6.Type the past tense of "find".
  7. 7.Write the past tense of "wake".
  8. 8.Write the past tense of "give".
  9. 9.Choose the correct past tense. Yesterday I ___ a cold.
  10. 10.Write the past tense of "shoot".
  11. 11.Write the past tense of "dig".
  12. 12.Write the past tense of "ring".
  13. 13.Type the past tense of "draw".
  14. 14.Choose the correct progressive form. Shh! The baby ___.

Decoder

wokeN

gaveN

foundI

threwO

shotM

rangR

dugE

is sleepingL

caughtU

drewA

wroteA

beganX

stoodJ

lostR

hidM

builtA

broughtQ

taughtZ

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Answer key: Verb tenses riddle

What do you call a number that never stays still? A roamin numeral!

  1. 1. wrote = A
  2. 2. lost = R
  3. 3. threw = O
  4. 4. built = A
  5. 5. hid = M
  6. 6. found = I
  7. 7. woke = N
  8. 8. gave = N
  9. 9. caught = U
  10. 10. shot = M
  11. 11. dug = E
  12. 12. rang = R
  13. 13. drew = A
  14. 14. is sleeping = L

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