Don’t use anarticle formost countrynames.Use “genericthe” withspecies ofanimals.DefinitepluralcountnounDefinitesingularcountnounPresentprogressivetenseUse “the” whenthe noun isknown byspeaker and alllisteners.Don’t use anarticle forindividualislands.SimplefuturetenseDon’t usean articlefor a titledname.PastperfecttensePastperfectprogressivetenseFutureperfecttenseUse “genericthe” withmusicalinstruments.PastprogressivetenseUse a definitearticle for thesecond mentionof an indefinitenoun.Don’t usean articleforcontinents.IndefinitesingularcountnounFutureprogressivetenseIndefinitenon-countnounIndefinitepluralcountnounFutureperfectprogressivetenseDefinitenon-countnounPresentperfecttenseSimplepasttenseUse“genericthe” withinventions.Don’t use anarticle formost countrynames.Use “genericthe” withspecies ofanimals.DefinitepluralcountnounDefinitesingularcountnounPresentprogressivetenseUse “the” whenthe noun isknown byspeaker and alllisteners.Don’t use anarticle forindividualislands.SimplefuturetenseDon’t usean articlefor a titledname.PastperfecttensePastperfectprogressivetenseFutureperfecttenseUse “genericthe” withmusicalinstruments.PastprogressivetenseUse a definitearticle for thesecond mentionof an indefinitenoun.Don’t usean articleforcontinents.IndefinitesingularcountnounFutureprogressivetenseIndefinitenon-countnounIndefinitepluralcountnounFutureperfectprogressivetenseDefinitenon-countnounPresentperfecttenseSimplepasttenseUse“genericthe” withinventions.

Grammar BINGO: Verb tenses & articles - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Don’t use an article for most country names.
  2. Use “generic the” with species of animals.
  3. Definite plural count noun
  4. Definite singular count noun
  5. Present progressive tense
  6. Use “the” when the noun is known by speaker and all listeners.
  7. Don’t use an article for individual islands.
  8. Simple future tense
  9. Don’t use an article for a titled name.
  10. Past perfect tense
  11. Past perfect progressive tense
  12. Future perfect tense
  13. Use “generic the” with musical instruments.
  14. Past progressive tense
  15. Use a definite article for the second mention of an indefinite noun.
  16. Don’t use an article for continents.
  17. Indefinite singular count noun
  18. Future progressive tense
  19. Indefinite non-count noun
  20. Indefinite plural count noun
  21. Future perfect progressive tense
  22. Definite non-count noun
  23. Present perfect tense
  24. Simple past tense
  25. Use “generic the” with inventions.