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The
athlete had _____a ten-mile race. |
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ran |
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run |
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| 2. |
Last
summer the grandchildren had _____ from the rope on
the tree. |
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swing |
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swang |
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swung |
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| 3. |
After
Carlos had _____ the wine, he sang loudly. |
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drank |
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drunk |
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| 4. |
Although
the choir _____ beautifully, the audience was bored |
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sang |
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sung |
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| 5. |
The
children _____ quietly in the loft. |
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lay |
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laid |
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| 6. |
The
students had _____ their tests before class. |
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taken |
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took |
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| 7. |
All
the participants had _____ by the time the speaker arrived. |
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gone |
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went |
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| 8. |
The
dog _____ his head from the rug. |
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rose |
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raised |
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| 9. |
The
notebook was left _____ on the hall table. |
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laying |
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lying |
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| 10. |
Unfortunately, the canvas was _____ slightly
when the painting was brought out of storage. |
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torn |
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tore |
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| 11. |
The sentences in questions 11-20 make up
a paragraph. Some of the sentences contain errors in
verb form or tense. Decide whether the sentence is correct
(no errors in verb tense or form) or incorrect.
Pioneers on their way to California lost much time when they hit
the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
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correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 12. |
Wagon trains turned and drived many miles
out of their way, searching for a trail their oxen and
horses could take through these mountains. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 13. |
Then James Beckworth, an African American
frontiersman and explorer, discovered an important route
between the forbidding peaks. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 14. |
The pass was given the name of Beckworth
Pass. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 15. |
Other routes, including Donner Pass, had
already been discovered, but soon wagon masters seen
that Beckworth Pass was the lowest elevation and, therefore,
the easiest to cross. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 16. |
James Beckwourth was a versatile man; he
is a trapper, trader, explorer, and mountain man. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 17. |
He even fighted in the Second Seminole
War as an army scout. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 18. |
During the Gold Rush, he caught gold fever
and spended some time prospecting in California. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 19. |
Beckworth always got along quite well with
Native Americans--especially the Crow people, who adopted
him. |
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a) |
correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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b) |
sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 20. |
By the end of his life, he had became such
a good friend to the Crow that they gave him the chance
to be a chief! |
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correct sentence
(no errors in verb tense or form) |
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sentence contains
an error in verb tense or form |
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| 21. |
For questions 21-25, indicate whether the
sentence's verbs are in active or passive voice. The
salad was passed to me by my husband |
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active voice |
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b) |
passive voice |
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| 22. |
The dog bit the mailman when he delivered
the mail. |
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a) |
active voice |
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b) |
passive voice |
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| 23. |
I argued with my roommate over responsibilities. |
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active voice |
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b) |
passive voice |
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| 24. |
The package was sent on Monday by Jan. |
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active voice |
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b) |
passive voice |
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| 25. |
Mary raced towards the classroom. |
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active voice |
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b) |
passive voice |
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