Year 5 English Modal verbs, possibility and the perfect form: check-up and practice test questions

Method. Look for the helping verb.

1. Find the main verb. Be is the main verb.
   be
2. Find the modal. Might comes before be.
   might
3. Write the answer.
   might

Check. Might. ✓

Method. Choose the advice word.

1. Read the sentence. The sentence gives advice.
   advice
2. Choose the word. Should gives advice.
   should
3. Write the answer.
   should

Check. Should. ✓

Method. Choose the adverb that means very sure.

1. Read the sentence. The writer is very sure.
   sure
2. Choose the adverb. Certainly means very sure.
   certainly
3. Write the answer.
   certainly

Check. Certainly. ✓

Method. Check the irregular form.

1. Find the verb. Take is irregular.
   take
2. Write the participle. The past participle is taken.
   taken
3. Write the answer.
   taken

Check. Taken. ✓

Method. Use has with class and the past participle.

1. Choose the helper. Class is singular, so has.
   has
2. Choose the participle. The past participle of visit is visited.
   visited
3. Write the answer.
   has visited

Check. Has visited. ✓

Method. Last night is a finished time.

1. Read the time. Last night is finished.
   finished
2. Choose the form. Use the past tense: saw.
   saw
3. Write the answer.
   saw

Check. Saw. ✓

Method. Use were with we.

1. Find the error. Was is wrong with we.
   was
2. Correct it. Use were.
   We were ready.
3. Write the answer.
   We were ready.

Check. We were ready. ✓

Method. After has, use done.

1. Find the error. Did is the past tense; has needs the participle.
   did
2. Correct it. The participle of do is done.
   She has done her best.
3. Write the answer.
   She has done her best.

Check. She has done her best. ✓

Method. Add the adverb at the start.

1. Choose the adverb. Perhaps shows the writer is not sure.
   perhaps
2. Write the sentence. Perhaps the train will be on time.
   Perhaps the train will be on time.
3. Write the answer.
   Perhaps the train will be on time.

Check. Perhaps the train will be on time. ✓

Method. Think about a rule or a need.

1. Choose the rule. Bringing the kit is needed.
   needed
2. Write the sentence. You must bring your swimming kit on Tuesday.
   You must bring your swimming kit on Tuesday.
3. Write the answer.
   You must bring your swimming kit on Tuesday.

Check. The sentence shows necessity. ✓

Method. Look for the helping verb.

1. Find the main verb. Swim is the main verb.
   swim
2. Find the modal. Could comes before swim.
   could
3. Write the answer.
   could

Check. Could. ✓

Method. The writer is not sure.

1. Read the sentence. The writer is not sure.
   not sure
2. Choose the adverb. Perhaps shows doubt.
   perhaps
3. Write the answer.
   Perhaps

Check. Perhaps. ✓

Method. Check the irregular form.

1. Find the verb. Begin is irregular.
   begin
2. Write the form. The past participle is begun.
   begun
3. Write the answer.
   begun

Check. Begun. ✓

Method. Use have with I.

1. Choose the helper. I takes have.
   have
2. Choose the participle. The past participle of write is written.
   written
3. Write the answer.
   have written

Check. I have written. ✓

Method. Use were with they and did as the past tense.

1. Correct was. Use were with they.
   were
2. Correct done. The past tense of do is did.
   did
3. Write the answer.
   They were at the shop, and I did the shopping.

Check. They were at the shop, and I did the shopping. ✓

Method. The sentence states a rule.

1. Read the sentence. Signing in is a rule.
   rule
2. Choose the modal. Must shows necessity.
   must
3. Write the answer.
   must

Check. Must. ✓

Method. Use have with they or plural subjects.

1. Find the subject. The students are plural.
   plural
2. Write the perfect. Use have with finished.
   The students have finished the quiz.
3. Write the answer.
   The students have finished the quiz.

Check. The students have finished the quiz. ✓

Method. Look for the strongest word.

1. Compare the words. Certainly is the most sure.
   most sure
2. Choose. Certainly.
   certainly
3. Write the answer.
   certainly

Check. Certainly. ✓

Method. Use might for possibility and has with the past participle.

1. Write the first sentence. Might shows a possible visit.
   We might visit the castle.
2. Write the second sentence. Has walked links the walk to now.
   Our group has walked to the lake already.
3. Write the answer.
   We might visit the castle. Our group has walked to the lake already.

Check. Both forms are correct. ✓

Method. Look at the time each sentence describes.

1. Look at saw. Saw is the past tense for a finished time.
   finished
2. Look at have seen. Have seen links the film to now.
   now
3. Write the answer.
   the first is a finished past event; the second links the film to now

Check. The perfect links the past to now. ✓