WEEK #1: VERB TENSE CORRECTIONS
Below are 10 sentences with the wrong tense of verb. Write the verb that is used incorrectly in each sentence and correct it. Each question is worth .3, making this activity worth 3 bonus points. 1. In the past, weather officials will give hurricanes the names of girls.
2. For example, Gloria, a very destructive storm, will strike in 1985.
3. Now, however, officials also used boys' names for the storms.
4. Today, they alternated boys' and girls' names in alphabetical order- for example, Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, and Ernesto.
5. Which names were on the list this year?
6. My name, Wynona, was unlikely to be used.
7. Maybe someday my friend Zilpha and I shared our names with future hurricanes.
8. Had the weather officials use all of the names by 2020?
9. Naming hurricanes made them seem alive, doesn't it?
10. Perhaps officials give hurricanes numbers someday.
