DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in parentheses. (20 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY two words in each box for your answer.
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)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in parentheses. (20 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY two words in each box for your answer.
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)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by writing the form of the verb indicated in parentheses. (20 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY three words in each box for your answer.
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)