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

Question 1 of 10

Question 1. Ryan (took / was taking) conversational Italian lessons for three months before his visit to Rome.
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Question 2. Guernica, one of Picasso’s most famous paintings, now (hang / hangs) in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.
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Question 3. Jackie (might not want / might want not) to take night classes this semester.
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Question 4. In 1912, Olympian Jim Thorpe (broke / has broken) the world record for the decathlon.
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Question 5. Disney’s Mickey Mouse (undergoes / has undergone) many changes since he was created in 1928.
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Question 6. By the time Gabriel graduates, he (will be completing / will have completed) 160 credit hours.
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Question 7. The scientist and writer Carl Sagan is often (compare / compared) to Walt Whitman.
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Question 8 of 10

Question 8. To improve her health, Leah has promised to stop (drinking / to drink) soda.
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Question 9 of 10

Question 9. (Don’t / Doesn’t) the computer lab have a color printer for students to use?
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Question 10 of 10

Question 10. Countless poems, including Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty,” (have been writing / have been written) about love.
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