Verb Tense and Form Exercises
Verb Tense and Form Exercises
Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.
o A. Was negligent
o B. Was neglecting
o C. Neglected
o D. To neglect
o E. Was to neglect
Even though Adam was a great roommate, Lionel hated his to sing in the shower.
o A. His to sing
o B. Him singing
o C. His singing
o D. His to be singing
o E. Him being singing
4.
The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:
o A. To being
o B. To be
o C. For to be
o D. For being
o E. For the being of
5.
At the night club, the plain clothes detective noticed a dark-haired man's
standing alone in the corner.
o A. Man's standing
o B. Man being standing
o C. Man to stand
o D. Man to be standing
o E. Man standing
6.
During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous
British novelists.
o A. Has become
o B. Became
o C. Becomes
o D. Had become
o E. Would became
7.
Since the rise of his designs, such as Falling Water, to world-reknown, Frank Lloyd
Wright has become an icon of modern architecture.
o A. Has become
o B. Became
o C. Becomes
o D. Had become
o E. Would become
8.
The professor tells her students, who promise they would study quietly for three hours,
that she won't give extra assignments.
o A. Would study
o B. Studied
o C. Study
o D. Have studied
o E. Will study
9.
When he penned Richard III in the early 1590s, Shakespeare did not know that he will
become the greatest English dramatist.
o A. Will become
o B. Would become
o C. Became
o D. Had become
o E. Would became
10.
My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:
o A. Has grew
o B. Had grew
o C. Has grown
o D. Grown
o E. Had been growing
11.
When Margaret checked the pie, she noticed that father has taken a slice.
12.
By the time the group of congressmen have adjourned, several important
decisions have been made.
13.
She requests that he arrive home, illreguardless of the traffic, by 5pm.
o A. Arrive
o B. Has arrived
o C. Arrives
o D. Has arrived
o E. Would have arrived
14.
Despite many people's beliefs today, scientists have been publishing strong evidence
for global warming.
15.
The tree grew well since spring, but the city council is cutting it down anyway.
o A. Grew
o B. Has grown
o C. Has been growing
o D. Grows
o E. Had been growing