Sentence #1: Native Americans ______________________________ in the Americas for many years before Christopher Columbus arrived.

(PAST PROG. → LIVE)

Sentence #2: They ______________________________ in well-established civilizations.

(PAST PROG. → DWELL)

Sentence #3: Native Americans ______________________________ from Asia.

(PAST PROG. → MIGRATE)

Sentence #4: Many Native Americans ______________________________ from diseases brought from Europe.

(PAST PROG. → DIE)

Sentence #5: Columbus ______________________________ on behalf of the Spanish rulers.

(PAST PROG. → SAIL)

Sentence #6: He ______________________________ to chart a new course to Asia.

(PAST PROG. → HOPE)

Sentence #7: Researchers ______________________________ Columbus’s early voyages.

(PRES. PROG. → STUDY)

Sentence #8: Other countries ______________________________ voyages to the New World.

(PAST PROG. → MAKE)

Sentence #9: The English settlers ______________________________ to the mid-Atlantic coast.

(PAST PROG. → TRAVEL)

Sentence #10: The French settlers ______________________________ in the Northeast.

(PAST PROG. → SETTLE)

Sentence #11: In the late 1400s, rulers and merchants ______________________________ more and more

traveling expeditions.

(PAST PROG. → FINANCE)

Sentence #12: They ______________________________ for increased trade and riches.

(PAST PROG. → HOPE)

Sentence #13: The spice trade in Asia ______________________________ profitable.

(PAST PROG. → BECOME)

Sentence #14: Columbus’s ships ______________________________ gold, spices, birds, and plants.

(PAST PROG. → CARRY)

Sentence #15: These early explorers ______________________________ some attention.

(PRES. PROG. → RECEIVE)

Sentence #16: Amerigo Vespucci ______________________________ he arrived in mainland America before Columbus.

(PAST PROG. → CLAIM)

Sentence #17: A German mapmaker ______________________________ to name America after this Italian explorer.

(PAST PROG. → DECIDE)

Sentence #18: Most historians ______________________________ Amerigo Vespucci’s claim.

(PRES. PROG. → DISMISS)

Sentence #19: Juan Ponce de León, a Spaniard, also ______________________________ the New World.

(PAST PROG. → EXPLORE)

Sentence #20: As you can see, Historians ______________________________ more about the exploration of the New World.

(PRES. PROG. → DISCOVER)

Sentence #1: Everyone ______________________________ for an early spring.

(PAST PERF. → HOPE)

Sentence #2: The frigid winter ______________________________ people to stay indoors.

(PAST PERF. → CAUSE)

Sentence #3: The townspeople ______________________________ for the cold winter.

(PRES. PERF. → PREPARE)

Sentence #4: Thousands ______________________________ new snow shovels.

(PRES. PERF. → PURCHASE)

Sentence #5: The snowstorms ______________________________ the bus service for a few days.

(PAST PERF. → STOP)

Sentence #6: Driving in so much snow ______________________________ in many accidents.

(PAST PERF. → RESULT)

Sentence #7: Only a small amount of the ice below the snow ______________________________ .

(PAST PERF. → MELT)

Sentence #8: E & Z Salting Company ______________________________ all of its salt trucks.

(PRES. PERF. → CHECK)

Sentence #9: Many families ______________________________ their storm windows.

(PRES. PERF. → INSTALL)

Sentence #10: Some car owners ______________________________ chains for their tires.

(PRES. PERF. → ACQUIRE)

Sentence #11: Parents ______________________________ boxes of warm winter clothing from storage.

(PRES. PERF. → RETRIEVE)

Sentence #12: The snowplows ______________________________ only the main streets.

(PAST PERF. → REACH)

Sentence #13: By the time we shoveled our walk, six inches of new snow ______________________________ .

(PAST PERF. → ARRIVE)

Sentence #14: Children ______________________________ for new snow sleds.

(PRES. PERF. → ASK)

Sentence #15: Authorities ______________________________ school for two days in a row.

(PAST PERF. → CANCEL)

Sentence #16: The weather reporter ______________________________ people about frostbite.

(PRES. PERF. → WARN)

Sentence #17: Ice and extremely cold temperatures ______________________________ power lines to snap.

(PAST PERF. → CAUSE)

Sentence #18: At one point, the mayor ______________________________ an emergency town meeting.

(PAST PERF. → CALL)

Sentence #19: Many people ______________________________ for a mild winter.

(PRES. PERF. → WISH)

Sentence #20: Even the squirrels ______________________________ for winter.

(PRES. PERF. → PREPARE)

Sentence #1: The students ______________________________ how to skip school since they became seniors.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → PLAN)

Sentence #2: The mailman in our neighborhood ______________________________ mail for 45 years.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → DELIVER)

Sentence #3: I ______________________________ information for this report for two days.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → RESEARCH)

Sentence #4: Izzy ______________________________ at the disco all night.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → DANCE)

Sentence #5: He ______________________________ less than an hour when he ran out of gas.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → DRIVE)

Sentence #6: You should take your umbrella when you go out, it ______________________________ all day.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → RAIN)

Sentence #7: She ______________________________ Spanish before she went to Spain.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → LEARN)

Sentence #8: The girls ______________________________ on the telephone for over an hour.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → TALK)

Sentence #9: They ______________________________ in Beijing when he lost his job.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → LIVE)

Sentence #10: When we met, you ______________________________ an ice cream cone.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → LICK)

Sentence #11: The students ______________________________ in the classroom for twenty minutes, but the teacher still has not arrived yet.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → SIT)

Sentence #12: We ______________________________ all day, so we felt sick.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → EAT)

Sentence #13: He was flushed because he ______________________________ .

(PAST PERF. PROG. → RUN)

Sentence #14: The children ______________________________ their candy all evening.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → CONSUME)

Sentence #15: It ______________________________ during the parade.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → RAIN)

Sentence #16: Margo ______________________________ her old photographs.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → SAVE)

Sentence #17: We ______________________________ four years ago.

(PAST PERF. PROG. → DATE)

Sentence #18: Frank ______________________________ the same car for almost twenty years now.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → DRIVE)

Sentence #19: John’s back hurts because he ______________________________ heavy boxes all morning.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → LIFT)

Sentence #20: Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are very excited about going to China because they ______________________________ this trip.

(PRES. PERF. PROG. → PLAN)