EXERCISE 32.3

Identify the appropriate form of the verb in parentheses.

If more than one form is acceptable, be ready to explain your choices. Example:

The supply of a product rises (rise) when the demand is great.

  1. History ________ (show) that crime usually decreases as the economy improves.

    shows/has shown—present action; may be seen as having started in the past and still ongoing
  2. Ever since the first nuclear power plants were built, opponents ________ (fear) disaster.

    have feared/have been fearing—action begun in the past continues
  3. Thousands of Irish peasants ________ (emigrate) to America after the potato famine of the 1840s.

    emigrated—completed action
  4. The soap opera General Hospital ________ (be) on the air since 1963.

    has been—started in the past and still ongoing
  5. Olivia ________ (direct) the play next year.

    will direct/will be directing—future (continuing) action
  6. While they ________ (eat) in a local café, they witnessed a minor accident.

    ate/were eating—past action, completed
  7. By this time next week, each of your clients ________ (receive) an invitation to the opening.

    will have received—future action completed by a certain time
  8. By the time a child born today enters first grade, he or she ________ (watch) thousands of television commercials.

    will have watched—future action completed by a certain time
  9. In one of the novel’s most famous scenes, Huck ________ (express) his willingness to go to hell rather than report Jim as an escaped slave.

    expresses—literary work
  10. A cold typically ________ (last) for about a week and a half.

    last—general truth