Semicolons, Colons, Verb Forms & Tense

We will have earned a nice profit by the end of the craft fair.

My parents owned a diner until last year when they sell it.

Irregular verbs...

I ___ for six tickets, but received only five.

Regular verbs

Jessie finishes his homework before his mother came home from the store.

learned

The tense of a verb is

past: has

Several geese ___ into the reeds at the edge of the lake.

past perfect: get

Watch me ___ bandaging this patient.

I will sell them at reasonable prices.

Hannah had mixed her paints before she notices a crack in her palette.

watching

The form of a verb is

past: look

He has ___ an aerobics class that meets three times a week.

drew

Past participle: ride

Everyone has gone back for seconds.

present perfect: last

Jason plays piano since he was five years old.

present: pay

eaten

present participle: sit

future perfect: carry

Have you ever been ___ by a spider?

Slowly the sun sank below the horizon and the sky becomes dark.

Dr. Sterne ___ Mike to monitor the class in his absence.

Some corn on the cob had already disappeared from the platter.