Using Consistent Verb Tense

For each of the following sentences, choose the form of the verb so that the verb tense is consistent with that of the other verbs in the sentence.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 25 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. As the Internet has become more familiar over the past fifteen years, the number of Internet users (to increase) dramatically.
    1. increased
    2. has increased
  1. Question 1.328

    Many people shop over the Internet and (to read) about topics that interest them.

    A.
    B.

  2. Question 1.329

    One woman who had been set up on a blind date ran an Internet search on her beau and (to find) that he had been described in an online article as one of the ten worst dates of all time.

    A.
    B.

  3. Question 1.330

    People are concerned about privacy on the Internet and (to ask) questions about Internet security.

    A.
    B.

  4. Question 1.331

    The Internet has made knowledge more available, but it also (to raise) new questions about the boundaries between private and public information.

    A.
    B.

  5. Question 1.332

    Many articles have argued that we are losing our privacy and (to give) examples of what average people do on the Internet.

    A.
    B.

  6. Question 1.333

    Whenever people order books or (to listen) to music online, they reveal potentially important information about themselves to corporations.

    A.
    B.

  7. Question 1.334

    Teens talk about personal things on Facebook and sometimes (to post) revealing pictures.

    A.
    B.

  8. Question 1.335

    Authorities and parents worry that such teens (to be) at risk of being stalked by dangerous people.

    A.
    B.

  9. Question 1.336

    Some people (to erase) their Internet transactions and other activities with special software that costs a great deal of money.

    A.
    B.

  10. Question 1.337

    But most of us do not buy this software and (to be) at risk of having our personal preferences and interests becoming public information.

    A.
    B.