Verb Tense: Exercise 1.6

It ____ that she continued to blame me even after she knew it wasn't my fault. A. hurt B. hurts C. has hurt D. hurting

A. hurt

Whenever we get a craving for a late night snack, we ____ a pizza. A. order B. ordered C. had ordered D. have ordered

A. order

He could ____ before large groups if he were asked. A. sing B. sang C. sung D. singed

A. sing

The child ____ everywhere now that she is able to stand up by herself. A. to walk B. walks C. walked D. walking

B. walks

After she had completed her investigation, the state trooper ____ her report. A. was writing B. wrote C. has written D. will write

B. wrote

He is ____ to his parents. A. to devote B. devote C. devoted D. devoting

C. devoted

He ____ as he ran onto the stage following the clown and the magician. A. to laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. had laughed

C. laughed

My friend has ____ to get impatient. A. to begin B. began C. begin D. begun

D. begun

A gentleman is ____ to see you. A. comes B. came C. come D. coming

D. coming

They have already ____ to the theater. A. go B. goes C. going D. gone

D. gone

He has ____ a serious cold. F. catched G. caught H. catch J. catching

G. caught

Bill was ____ to telephone you last night. F. to suppose G. supposed H. suppose J. supposing

G. supposed

The engineer has designed and ____ his own home. F. to build G. builds H. built J. had built

H. built

For years now, John ____ his milk at the corner grocery. F. buys G. will buy H. has bought J. bought

H. has bought

She has ____ before large groups several times. F. sing G. sang H. sung J. singed

H. sung

He has ____ me excellent advice. F. give G. gave H. gived J. given

J. given

She ____ the high-jump so well at trails that she is going to the Olympics this summer. F. had jumped G. to jump H. jumping J. jumped

J. jumped

When I was growing up, we ____ every summer at my grandmother's home in the country. F. spend G. will spend H. were spending J. spent

J. spent

Tomorrow morning, Sam ____ his sister. F. was calling G. called H. calling J. will call

J. will call

The man ____ the murder occur if he had really been on that street corner when he said he was. F. see G. sees H. would have saw J. would have seen

J. would have seen