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Grammar for Grownups Quiz #45

About Verbs...

Verbs drive sentences which drive words which drive ideas. You can see how important they are. It's not a sentence without them! In this exercise, take the sentences and transform the verbs from first-person-past-tense into third-person-present-tense. If you find that enjoyable, fool around with other tenses. Have fun! Check my answers, which may not be as good as yours. (Clue: it helps to give the character a name in third person.)

1. When I was a kid, I wanted to ride bicycles all day.

2. My mother insisted that I take piano lessons and do homework.

3. By the time I was a teenager, I discovered boys, and I kept secret diaries.

4. I grew up to become a writer and learned to use those diaries as writing ideas.

5. My memory came flooding back vividly as I used the ideas to tell stories.

Click here for my answer.