Easy to understand

Justin has gone to a special school all his life. When he was little, the doctors told his family that he wasn't smart enough to go to the regular school. Today, his teachers tell him that he should go to a regular school. Someday, he hopes to go to a regular school.

Some verb phrases don't change tense. Phrases like: "to study", "to eat", "to sleep" don't change. Only the main verb changes.

I started to ate before supper. (Hard to understand)

I started to eat before supper. (Better)

Exercise 3


Fix the verb tense problems in these sentences. Type out the correct sentence on your computer.

  1. Justin eats hamburgers and Norman ate ice-cream.

  2. When you mix Kraft Dinner with ketchup, you got a great meal.

  3. Last year, the team tries to win the championship.

  4. Kim wrote a story and corrects his mistakes.

  5. Eating right is good for your health and helped you lose weight.

  6. Trudy knew that it will be a good class.

  7. Before, Jim hated going to class, but later he starts to like it.

Exercise 4


Use these opening words to write a short paragraph (at least 4 sentences long):

On the first day of my vacation,

In the future I will go back there and



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