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Using verbs: review

Click on the correct verb form in the parentheses.

For help with this exercise, see ESL challenges with verbs.

Example

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undefined. Ryan (took / was taking) conversational Italian lessons for three months before his visit to Rome.

◯	took
◯	was taking

Using verbs: review – 1

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undefined. Guernica, one of Picasso’s most famous paintings, now (hang / hangs) in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

◯	hang
◯	hangs

Using verbs: review – 2

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undefined. Jackie (might not want / might want not) to take night classes this semester.

◯	might not want
◯	might want not

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undefined. In 1912, Olympian Jim Thorpe (broke / has broken) the world record for the decathlon.

◯	broke
◯	has broken

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undefined. Disney’s Mickey Mouse (undergoes / has undergone) many changes since he was created in 1928.

◯	undergoes
◯	has undergone

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undefined. By the time Gabriel graduates, he (will be completing / will have completed) 160 credit hours.

◯	will be completing
◯	will have completed

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undefined. The scientist and writer Carl Sagan is often (compare / compared) to Walt Whitman.

◯	compare
◯	compared

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undefined. To improve her health, Leah has promised to stop (drinking / to drink) soda.

◯	drinking
◯	to drink

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undefined. (Don’t / Doesn’t) the computer lab have a color printer for students to use?

◯	Don’t
◯	Doesn’t

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undefined. Countless poems, including Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty,” (have been writing / have been written) about love.

◯	have been writing
◯	have been written

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