Pre-Test for Verbs

1. Choose the verb in the following sentence:

The elderly woman smiled when she saw her granddaughter’s poodle.

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2. Choose the correct form of the verb to watch in the following sentence:

Kevin ________ TV each night for about twenty minutes before falling asleep.

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3. Choose the correct form of the verb to ring in the following sentence:

My phone ____________ six times in the last hour.

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4. Choose the correct form of the verbs to fix and to break in the following sentence:

The mechanic _________ the transmission in Kieran’s car last year, but it _________ again last week.

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5. Choose the correct form of the verbs to be and to have in the following sentence:

Gary ____ happiest when his children ______ everything they need and want.

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6. Choose the sentence in which there are no errors in verb tense.

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7. Choose the sentences in which there are no errors in verb tense. To simplify this question, the verbs whose forms are varied appear in bold.

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8. Choose the verb in the following sentence:

Growth is highly valued in business, but growing a business has no foolproof plan.

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9. Which sentence accurately expresses that Mariah has performed in Chicago in the past and may continue to perform in Chicago?

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10. Which sentence accurately expresses that Beth lived in Toronto in the past but no longer lives there?

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