Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Circle the correct verb in each sentence.

1. If you want to save money, professional tightwads urge you to reconsider the things you've always (throwed, thrown) away.
   
   
2. You may not have (realize, realized) that you can (use, used) your old underwear as a cheesecloth to strain foods.
   
   
3. Your golfing pals will wonder why they've never (thinked, thought) of using their own old socks as golf club covers.
   
   
4. And you can (forget, forgotten) about buying expensive gift bags for bottles of wine; instead, cover them with stretched-out socks that you've (decorate, decorated) yourself.
   
   
5. The lids of juice concentrate containers can (become, became) ashtrays and drink coasters with an art deco flair.
   
   
6. Used drier sheets can be embroidered and (sewed, sewn) together to create decorative throw pillows that would dazzle Martha Stewart.
   
   
7. An empty cola can, an old sock, and some cooking oil can be (reborn, reborned) into an oil lamp for those romantic evenings at home.
   
   
8. And don't you dare toss this textbook; it can be (used, use) to wrap fish.
   
   
9. Strapped to the chest, it can (stop, stopped) small-caliber bullets.
   
   
10. When (dropped, dropt) from sufficient height, a single copy has been (known, knowed) to kill small rodents.
    
    Source: Tightwad Central, www.tightwad.com