Using verbs: review

Click on the correct verb form in the parentheses.

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

Example

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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