Present Tense
Directions:
Underline each of the present tense verbs in the sentences below.
Example:
Today the average pig has an inch of fat on its back compared to two
inches in 1970.
- At the end of Casablanca the police chief orders his men to round
up the usual suspects.
- Larry hates to make decisions.
- The tongue of a Parson’s chameleon is one and a half times longer than
its body.
- Because of a feud among the members of the ambulance squad, emergency
services for Ghost Lake residents end this week.
- Iced tea sometimes turns cloudy in the refrigerator.
- A woman is twice as likely as a man to die from her first heart attack.
- Judith rarely takes her food processor out of the kitchen cabinet.
- Complete strangers compliment Lu on her hairstyle.
- My doctor emphasizes the prevention of disease.
- The governor hopes to force retailers to cut milk prices.
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