Did you know there are 12 basic verb tenses in English? We conjugate
(form) verbs into present, past, and
future, but we further divide them
into categories like simple,
continuous, perfect, and past
continuous. Write the correct letter to
match each sentence with its verb
tense:
1. I did my homework
2. I was doing my homework
3. I have done my homework
4. I have been doing my
homework
A. Past simple
B. Past perfect
C. Past continuous
D. Past perfect continuous

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?